The fine print- They have $67 million to distribute. Depending on the amount of claimants, you could recieve a check for between $5 and $20. However, if the amount drops below $5, there will be no cash paid to individuals at all, but instead will be donated to "not-for- profit, charitable, governmental or public entities in each state, territory and possession, to be used for music-related purposes or programs." My own conspiracy theory is that they made sure that no proof of purchase would be required to make a claim, insuring lots of claims. That way, they could set up some kind of a non-profit and pay the money (or at least part of it) out to themselves masked as some other legal configuration. The upside-unlike the lottery, it costs you nothing to register a claim, and they promise they will not sell your name to spammers. RR ps conspiracy theory pt 2: Besides the cash settlement, they will be required to distribute CD's to schools, libraries, etc to the tune of $76 million. I predict they will count every CD they give away as list price ($18) even though they cost about a buck each to make. And I wouldn't be too shocked if they found a way not to pay the artists for these freebies.
Bree Mcdonough wrote: > IF so..there has been a class action lawsuit settlement. The suit was > brought because of the big boys price fixing. Anyway..you don't have to > show proof or anything that you purchased a cd between those dates given. > > Go to ..MusicCDsettlement.com to claim your twenty $$. > > Bree > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
