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One Man's Check From The RIAA

Posted by timothy on from the too-little-too-late-too-bad dept.

c0rk writes "I received my $13.86 check today. This was my claim in the Compact Disk Minimum Advertised Price Antitrust Litigation. I wrote in detail about the letter/check I received here in my blog and posted a readable image of said documentation (not the check though...sorry). Score 1 for the consumer!"

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  1. Re:Score one for the trial lawyers, not the consum by proclivity76 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Angry, angry, angry? While I don't think that your post was dignified enough to warrant a response, I'll do it anyway.

    While some anti-trial lawyer brothers may suggest such radical measures, I don't think we should be killing anyone.

    As for:

    my boss firing me for my hair
    1. If that's the way my boss wants to run his business, so be it. I believe that I can take my talents to a competitor and have my revenge in a productive way, aiding my new company to greatness.
    my druggie kid getting busted
    1. The law is the law. I would help him with a criminal defense attorney, but I would hope that he receives a just punishment.

    You're right, some firms may go after a business and get nothing out of it. That's good because they probably shoul never have gone after them in the first place. Other firms take notice. Companies large and small won't just bend over and take a settlement up the ass to a frivolous law suit. As you may or may not know, most of these law suits end up in settlements with legal fees taken first.

    If you were to read more closely, I believe that you would see that I specifically stated that they were "financial and quality-of-life" terrorists. If the word "terrorists" bothers you so much, replace it with "tornados" and I believe it still communicates the point that I was going for.

    I must ask, does the amount of time that someone spends at a job justify the work that they are doing? If I were to spend 90 hour weeks on my home counterfieting operation, would that mean that my profession was dignified?

    For those who are more interested in the reality of trial lawyers, here's a GREAT COLUMN titled "Why I Hate Lawyers" written by a lawyer.

    In all your efforts to counter trial lawyers, please don't break the law.