# CD Class Action Lawsuit: Real or UL?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-class-action-lawsuit-real-or-ul/152612>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 3, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-class-action-lawsuit-real-or-ul/152612 "2003-02-03T23:20:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-class-action-lawsuit-real-or-ul/152612/1 "2003-02-03T23:20:36Z")

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[http://www.musiccdsettlement.com](http://www.musiccdsettlement.com)

Well - for real or just a nice elaborate scheme?

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**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-class-action-lawsuit-real-or-ul/152612/2 "2003-02-03T23:27:20Z")

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It’s real but I am betting that the settlement goes to charity and not to those of us that applied for part of the settlement.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-class-action-lawsuit-real-or-ul/152612/3 "2003-02-03T23:46:27Z")

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It’s real, but if you read the fine print, it says that if the settlement is less than $5 a person, it goes elsewhere. The more people who sign up, of course, the more likely this will happen.

So don’t sign up. I already have. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-class-action-lawsuit-real-or-ul/152612/4 "2003-02-04T00:28:57Z")

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[Snopes says it’s kosher](http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/cdrefund.asp). Personally, I don’t think it’s worth five bucks to surrender my personal information, including parts of my Social Security number.

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**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-class-action-lawsuit-real-or-ul/152612/5 "2003-02-04T08:26:50Z")

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AudreyK,  
I hope there are a lot of other people like you out there. I have already signed up too. 😃

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**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-class-action-lawsuit-real-or-ul/152612/6 "2003-02-04T12:00:34Z")

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Heck, I’d rather have them donate a ton of money to charity rather than send me $5, so I signed up hoping for the former result.

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**Author:** ![InTransit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47774/32.png) [@InTransit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InTransit)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-class-action-lawsuit-real-or-ul/152612/7 "2003-02-04T17:30:47Z")

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It’s legit and IMHO a rip-off to the consumers. Still, it’s true what the others say - you can get anywhere from $5-$20 (max) for forking over some personal information, but if a magic number of people join the class, the entire settlement amount goes to charity. I don’t know which charities will benefit, but I’m guessing it is a slew of them.

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-class-action-lawsuit-real-or-ul/152612/8 "2003-02-04T19:57:14Z")

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Every time I try to fill out the web form I get told the site is experiencing problems. So I ordered the paperwork to be sent and it hasn’t arrived weeks later. Bastards.