urbazewski's Journal: class action settlement deadline on monday

The proposed settlement of a class action suit that accused record companies of price fixing includes a possible 5-20$ payment for anyone who claims to have purchased a prerecorded cd between 1995 and 2000. The amount of the award to each individual depends negatively on the total number of claimants.

The deadline to file a claim online is Monday March 3, it doesn't take long but you have to provide your date of birth and the last four digits of your social security number. The website to file a claim is:

http://www.musiccdsettlement.com/english/default.htm

This appeared on slashdot back in January, but the discussion was pretty feeble.