I got paid for buying overpriced music!
 

Anybody remember this?

Music CD Settlement Article (snopes.com)

I signed up for this a while ago, just for the hell of it.

Today I got a check for $13.86 from "CD MAP Antitrust Litigation" based in MN. No clue why it came out to $13.86, and it certainly doesn't reflect how much I've probably overpaid in CD prices over the past 14 years, but still, it's nice to get a check!

Got my check yesterday!! Still not enough to buy a new cd, but the industry got dinged big time. Now, what to spend the 13.86 on...

awww.. damn.. i don't remember when i sent mine in or what address i used. I think i used my Long Island address and my old parents address in Cali.

:) just think you can't even buy a CD with the settlement monies.

God, that's depressing. :(

Yep...I got mine yesterday, as well. And yes, the irony that I can't even buy a CD with it was not lost on me. I should imagine that the reason that the amount was so low is the number of people that responded to the suit. With X being the dollar amount of the settlement, and Y being the number of people to write a check to...X / Y - (attorney's fees) = a whopping $13.86. Oh well, $13.86 is $13.86.

hell i expect like $5 -- $13.86 was a pleasent surprise.

Hmm I remember signing up for that settlement deal... Never got anything though. Who knows, maybe there's a check waiting for me when I get home.

$13.86 is not much, but it can keep me fed for a couple of days, and lunch is always a welcome freebie. :D

CD Anti-Trust case
 

Any one remember this from a while ago? If you had purchased a cd from around the late 80's to the late 90's you were entitled to a piece of the pie(I think they said around $20) if you registered with the site. Well I got me a check for 13 bucks today, anyone else get one?

I got mine. I read about it and registered. Nice surprise when it came in the mail.

I told quite a few people that they should register their names on the site, but I doubt any of them did.

Perhaps I'll take my $13 to buy some blank cds. :)

Just got mine today as well, having completely forgotten about the whole thing. Good times.

I posted mine, but haven't gotten anything yet.

The vast majority of the CDs I buy, and I buy at least 2 a month, are under $10.

There's no such thing as an overpriced cd in high demand, anyway.

got my check, depositied it yesterday. I think I'm gonna get a kick ass sammich with it.

thirteen bucks. . . .not alot of money, but i suppose that wasn't the point of making them pay millions to thousands of people, it was to say "We're not gonna take it" and pay your absurd prices anymore.

I just got mine today, too...$13.86.
I was totally surprised--I completely forgot about it!
No complaints, every little bit helps!

I got my $13.86. Off to buy a CD and let the cycle continue.

I got it yesterday. Surprised me too because I had forgotten about it.

Got mine as well. Not going to buy a cd with it, because its not enough. Now that we've Sued, what's our recourse? We have to take the price gouging we are getting. Whatever. This will pay for almost 2 days worth of bus rides for my girl and I...

Seriously, though, did the music industry drop the price of CDs any because of this lawsuite? I haven't bought one in a long time so I really don't know. It doesn't seem like the price has gone down any, though. I guess I just don't understand the point...

I hope mine gets here tomorrow. I'll use the money to see Opeth live on Saturday, I figure I'll give back to the band what was taken from them in the first place.

umm this is the old price fixing thing?

i think the riaa should be taken down.. maybe theyll give me money in ten years since thier making so much off of suing people... all these people settling are settling for way more than they would ever spend on music... this shit is just a way for the riaa to get money i hope that racketeering countersuit wins

I got my check a few days ago too. I had completly forgot about it, so it was a nice little surprise for me.

I got mine. Wish I gotten the slice the lawyers got instead.

I just got mine in the mail today! Sweet. I wanted to post a picture of it here, but I can't attach images in this fourm.

Update: Well, unfortunately the money is gone already. On the other hand, I got pizza and beer courtesy of the RIAA! Woo hoo!

Good enough for (almost) another overpriced cd!

/me opens his ftp...

Yeah, it isn't too much money, but its a day or two of food, or 1/6 of the way to a Barton 2500+ for my computer :D

I had to take a minute and give a shout out to quadro2000...
I was moments away from throwing my check away when I remembered this thread and realized what it was...
It was about 3 x 5 and folded shut and it looked nothing like a check. more like junk mail... $13.86 isnt much but every little bit counts...
I wonder how much the trial lawyers got... They probably just got a check for $13.86.... Yeah... Thats probably right....

got my check today also ... I'll take it ..... I figured that was just some lame mass email and forgot about it

They probably want it to look fake banking on the fact that you won't cash it so the companies don't have to pay up. Bastards.

Can't believe it actually went through, if it went below $10 per person they were going to just invest the money in music programs, glad that it went to me instead.

Kind of ironic that the amount of the settlement isn't even enough to buy a new CD.

I signed up. ANd used my old college address. And didn't leave an address forwarding address when I moved.

Fuck.

Got it...used it on two used CD's...that's how I beat the system...I only buy new releases in traditional record stores. All other music is bought at Used stores so the RIAA doesn't get any of my $$

My wife and I both got a check for $13. :thumbsup:

w00t got my check...time to buy a 6 pack of beer with it...

i think ur pic is cool cynthetiq where did u get it from.what is it ,where did u get it from, could u send 1 to me, my daughter thinks it brill. she likes it when its waving its hands b/k and 4 .

will got that! he's gunna buy more music with it :D

i don't remember if i signed up for it or not, but will showed me a long time ago.

hopefully when i get back home it'll be waiting for me from the mail :D then will and i can go cd thrift. ha.

If you are not going to do anything with the check then maybe you can donate it, DonateMyMusicCheck.com which is taking donations from CD price-fixing settlement check recipients for the Electronic Frontier Foundation(http://eff.org/), which is fighting for the rights of music downloaders and those being prosecuted.

I'm gonna spend my $13.86 on donating to the good cause of a P2P service. Thanks RIAA! :p

Put it in the bank and will buy another CD.

I had forgotten that I had registered but I still recieved my check in the mail yesterday. great feeling get money that you weren't expecting.

I got my check a few days ago - I plan on cashing it and buying a used CD at a local store.

just got mine, I told my Fiance to sign up for it, but she did not, now I am going to blow my $ 13.86 on who knows what, I can go crazy with that.

How does one prove that they indeed purchased a CD during the eligible time period? Did they ask for a receipt?

Where's my fucking check? :mad:

So nice of them to offer it ONLY to Americans :rolleyes:

Us Canadians are paying 19.99 - 25.99 per CD + our outrageous taxes. :mad:

got mine last week... still haven't deposited it yet. i'll probably find some way to spend it while i'm down in orlando.

Heheh got mine....it's beer money at least

posted here too

http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...threadid=46773

omg that is so cool :D pity i did not sign in cause i thought it was another phony site

My dad told me that mine just showed up at the house!

FU R I A A

I got mine awhile ago... spent it the day I got it... I'd forgot about it completely, so getting almost 14 bucks was awesome! Though I've definately spent more then 14 bucks more then I should have had to on CDs

I wish I had nearly $14. I could buy a car, yacht, house and a family.