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12/04/2003: Fraud & Conspiracy

From the other-side-of-the-coin dept.: The check's in the mail

I knew filling out a random online form in college would pay off: Major record labels and retailers agree to a $143 million settlement of an antitrust suit that charged them with collusion. From Boston.com's coverage:

Under the settlement signed by U.S. District Judge D. Brock Hornby, 3.5 million people who signed onto a music antitrust lawsuit are to receive shares of the award.

Checks for $12.60 are expected to be mailed out within a couple of weeks to the millions who mailed in claims and signed onto the lawsuit online.
Free money, baby. Finally I get reimbursed for my ill-advised Spice Girls purchases.


Thursday the 4th of December, prof noted:


i signed up for that a while back, but is $12.60 worth giving up my name & address to the RIAA?


Thursday the 4th of December, crazywriterinla noted:


They already have mine from my DJing days, so I'll take a free $12.60. Gotta buy groceries with sumthin.