Free Cash for US Residents

Posted by: matthewr on 11 January 2003

If you live in the US and purchased at least one CD, LP or cassette in a music store between 1995 and 2000 you can sign up for your share of a $143m class action lawsuit against the major record companies by going to http://www.musiccdsettlement.com/english/default.htm

Maximum payout is $20 per plaintiff but if the total plaintiffs exceed 8.8 million people the money instead goes to "not-for-profit corporations and/or charitable organizations and/or governmental or public entities within your state, to be used for music-related purposes or programs."

All you have to do is to live in the US and be able to answer yes to the following questions:

1. Did you purchase a Music Product (defined as a prerecorded compact disc, a cassette or a vinyl album)?

2. Was your purchase from a retailer? (A retailer is an entity that engages in the sale at retail price of Music Products.)

3. Was your purchase made between January 1, 1995 and December 22, 2000?

Matthew
Posted on: 11 January 2003 by Wolf
Thanks for the info, I've passed it on to at least a dozen friends. Glad they didn't ask for a receipt as I never keep those.

Glenn