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Have you Received Your $13 from the RIAA?

Posted by Cliff on from the you-could-almost-buy-a-new-CD-with-that dept.

bluephone asks: "The recent story about how the RIAA is scamming around their court approved settlement, I was reminded about the fact that they owe me money. During the registration period, I filed my claim for reimbursement, and my mother did too. They site claims that "Payments will be mailed to Music Purchasers who filed valid claims beginning on February 20, 2004 and two weeks should be allowed for delivery." It uses the future tense because it hasn't been updated since February 19, the day before the mailings were due to start. Well, it's been over 5 months, and neither myself, my mother, nor anyone I know has received their payment. And the only way to inquire about it is via a Post Office Box mailing address. So I ask you, oh Slashdot userbase, have you received your RIAA price fixing settlements?"

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  1. Months ago... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just like most people I know.

    1. Re:Months ago... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I got mine, only thing was it was made out from the "Anal Sex Fettish Club". I even went inside to deposit that one, and winked at the cuttie behind the counter

  2. Nope... by paul_friedman · · Score: 2, Funny

    And, I'll be pissed if they send me Zamfir cds instead of a check!

  3. Expired actually by bnewendorp · · Score: 2, Informative

    If I remember correctly, the checks expired in May, so if you haven't received it yet, you probably won't be. I also got mine several months ago and already deposited it.

  4. I got mine by CanSpice · · Score: 2, Informative

    I got mine back in February. The cheque was dated 20 February. The letter that came with it was dated February 2004 and was slightly specific to Hawaii -- it started off "Dear Hawaii Music Purchaser" and was "signed" by the Attorney General of Hawaii, Mark J. Bennett.

  5. Yep by SilentBob · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think I spent it on rum.

  6. you missed the fine print by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where it says if you sign up along with a blood relative, you will be rounded up and shot for criminal copyright infringement and/or terrorism. It's a tough break for you and your mum.

    I didn't sign up, myself. I just downloaded U2's latest off Kazzaaaaza and then hit alt-D until I had about 100 copies .. I figure that's about $1200 bucks, can't wait to burn them to a DVD and take it down to CompUSA to get a new laptop! Piracy is The Awesome!

  7. They were screwing me by pbox · · Score: 3, Funny

    I got mine as well back in May, but those screwy bastards sent me $13 as

    1,300 PENNIES!

    Damn them, I almost broke my back.

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  8. yes and no by ArmorFiend · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I got mine, my girlfriend never got hers. Ironic that in the intervening time we got married. Maybe their spies are everywhere.

  9. I got mine by login.pl · · Score: 2, Funny

    About one week after they started sending the checks. I bought a copy of Seether's album Disclaimer with it.

  10. I got mine a while ago by Metex · · Score: 3, Funny

    Spent it on a good lunch. I was laughing throughout the entier meal since I never bought a CD from the RIAA.

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    1. Re:I got mine a while ago by petard · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Congratulations. You have responded to the RIAA's price fixing by committing fraud.

      Probably not. OP is likely nit-picking... The RIAA do not themselves sell CDs, but rather their members do. And their members don't generally sell CDs to individuals. They sell CDs to distributors who sell them to stores who sell them to individuals. So OP could truthfully state that he "never bought a CD from the RIAA" and be exactly correct while still being entitled to a settlement check.

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  11. Nope... by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I never got mine and since those the RIAA colluded to the tune of about $5 a CD, I figure those bastards really owe me about $3000... actually a lot more since CD prices haven't actually gone down.

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  12. Expiration date. by Tiro · · Score: 4, Informative
    I got mine. But I was at college out of state, and before I came home to cash it, it expired.

    They are marked Void after 120 days.

    1. Re:Expiration date. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Checks aren't void. Doesn't matter what it says. Tell your bank to try to cash it and chances are it'll be fine.

      As long as it has a routing number and account and there are funds to withdraw the check is valid.

      In some states it is illegal to have date-voiding checks.

  13. SoCal... by BrianRaker · · Score: 2

    ... and mine was personalized from some high up attorney general or whatnot in Sacramento. Check was deposited, don't remember what ate it up though.

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  14. I won't take their money by SetupWeasel · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If they are guilty of the charge they settled, they owe me much more than 13 dollars. The class action suit represented me, so I guess I have no claims on them ad infinitum for all the CDs in the box behind me.

    I will say that I do not care. If the justice system ever gets fixed and the corporate corruption eliminated, I may have a claim again. Like that will happen, but I don't believe in any system where you have a lawyer that you don't hire in a case you did not file decide the amount of your claim that you may or may not know about to collect on an opt-out basis.

    I get no settlement, I have no legal right to sue, and I never signed a single contract.

    God Bless America

  15. Say what? by Scorchio · · Score: 4, Funny

    Having spent a year dead for tax reasons, I seem to have missed all this. So, are CDs now fairly priced, or what?

  16. Re:I go mine by Cheeze · · Score: 2, Insightful

    you gave it right back to them? their plan has worked.

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  17. CDRs by mwheeler01 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I got mine and spent the money on a few spindles of blank CDs to uh... back up my songs... yeah that's it...

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  18. new poll by mcmonkey · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Shouldn't this be a poll?

    Have you received your $13 from the RIAA?

    [X] Yes
    [ ] Yes, but I gave it right back buying CDs
    [ ] No
    [ ] No, but I did receive 173 copies of 'Yanni does Kenny G's greatest hits'

  19. Be careful who to blame by nwbvt · · Score: 2
    The post office is five times as incompetent as the RIAA. Last year I tried to file a temporary change of address form, they didn't start forwarding my mail until a month after it was supposed to expire.

    Chances are they mailed the checks months ago and some postman has already cashed them.

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  20. Would have been better if... by ModernGeek · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ... you donated it to the EFF

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  21. I did by cavemanf16 · · Score: 2, Funny

    And while $13 isn't much money, it's certainly more fun to know how much money the attorney's got for prosecuting the case against the RIAA. That $13 didn't line my pockets, but it certainly took away from the diamond-lined pockets of the RIAA. Wuhahahahahaha!!!