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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. Ya know... by inertia187 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It would be really sad if being slashdotted costs more than the $13.86 check. I mean, the image of the letter alone is 50k, and it didn't have to be. I hope you have a flat rate, no cap on bandwidth. Course, it's smart to have those Amazon referrer links. Good luck with that. Kind of hypocritical. "Hey, look at my RIAA settlement...now buy some music."(fp)

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    A programmer is a machine for converting coffee into code.
    1. Re:Ya know... by lukewarmfusion · · Score: 4, Funny

      Buying overpriced CDs for years ($1,306.19)
      Sticking it to the RIAA (-$13.86)

      Getting a Slashdot-induced bandwidth bill of $3,000: Priceless.

      Way to go.

    2. Re:Ya know... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Some better punchlines:

      Making fun of people's misfortune...priceless.

      -or-

      Karma whoring...priceless.

    3. Re:Ya know... by ascalon · · Score: 5, Funny

      Correction:

      Getting a Slashdot-induced bandwidth bill of $3,000: $3000

    4. Re:Ya know... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I've bought 500 CD's over the years. They have been found guilty of price fixing. Since I am not part of the settlement, I can still take them to court and get the money they owe me ($5 a Cd roughly is what I figure they owe me- times 500 equals $2500 bucks) And since I don't need a lawyer to help me, I'll just download my $2500. I'm up to 50 albums now, I just have 200 more to go. Every CD I've ever purchased and lost, scratched, or had stolen- I am downloading it! I still own the rights to them, and I'm downloading them! Those Cd's won't count against the settlement they owe me. I'll be downloading new Cd's I've never bought until I feel they have paid me back properly! I've got a lot of work to do, I'm outta here- got to get my settlement!!

  2. For once... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    we are thanking the RIAA?


    Sizzly

  3. Let's see... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    $9.99 CD.... Plus tax... Your total is $13.86. We, the RIAA, will keep this check we were going to send you and call it even.

    Blogzine.net

  4. Sadly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's not even enough to buy some new CD's. Guess I'll just have to spend it on alcohol!

  5. Nice! by dswensen · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, with that money, you could almost buy yourself a new CD!

    Oh, wait...

  6. I'm gonna buy.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    blank cd-r's with my check. If I wait for the right deal, I should be able to 100 for 13 bucks.

  7. Ha by djenvee · · Score: 4, Funny

    Score 1 for the consumer!" And score 1000000 for the lawyers!

  8. Re:Super! by fermion · · Score: 2, Funny

    In the olden days we didna need no stinkin lawya. When a man crossed us we challanged him to duel. Problem one, the rich mothas would hire profesionas. We coudna hire no one, so we would send our best out, and pray he didna die, which he usualy did. When we were real angy, we just plant a bomb at the rich mothas house.

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    "She's a scientist and a lesbian. She's not going to let it slide." Orphan Black
  9. Re:Super! by JaredOfEuropa · · Score: 2, Funny
    It should be $3000 each like they are trying to get from us!!!
    If they are counting each copied CD at $150.000, the we should too! $150.000 for each overpriced CD you bought, woo hoo!
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    If construction was anything like programming, an incorrectly fitted lock would bring down the entire building...
  10. Illegal copying by tacarat · · Score: 3, Funny

    Too bad that copy of the letter you made was illegal. The RIAA will be by shortly to deliver your subpoena.

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    "Common sense will be the death of us all"
  11. Re:Um... spelling nazi! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    How many more guesses do you need to pick the right vowel here, dumbasses?

    Can't you count to five, dumbass?

  12. When will you yankees learn to spell? by overworked+underpaid · · Score: 2, Funny

    Try cheque.