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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?"

13 of 87 comments (clear)

  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. Yep by SilentBob · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think I spent it on rum.

  3. 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!

  4. 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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  5. 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.

  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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.

  9. 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

  10. 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?

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

    ... you donated it to the EFF

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