korg and roland fined millions for illegally setting price minimums

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Musical instrument firms to pay millions after breaking competition law

All of these companies have been fined for implementing resale price maintenance (RPM) designed to restrict retailer freedom to set prices online by requiring their musical instruments to be sold at or above a minimum price. It brings the total fines imposed by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for this illegal conduct in the musical instrument sector to £13.7 million.

this was in the UK, so im not sure how it will affect us here, but id keep my eye on those sales