Hi Randy, These "class action lawsuits" usually make my nose turn up in disgust. From what I've seen (and this is just IMO) the biggest recipients of the $$$ are the lawyers (through years of collecting large fees while the litigation drags on as it invariably does in these types of suits) and many of the individuals damaged either never receive their fair share of damages or have to jump through impossible hoops to maybe see some money after several years.
I would also have suspicions about this: > 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. But I don't think this (below) is possible - it is too blatantly illegal: >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 only silver lining I can see in the stated plans for settlement is if "public entities" do receive money for music programs (and not a donation of a bunch of old CDs that never sold). I'd like to see what happens on this. If the damaged class ends up without anything, real money going directly to advance music programs could be one of the better examples of fair reparations I've seen. Kakki
