# FREE MONEY!!!!! (US only) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 7, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-money-us-only/153514 "2003-02-07T18:13:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xenothrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/7ab992/32.png) [@xenothrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenothrope)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-money-us-only/153514/1 "2003-02-07T18:13:03Z")
Hey, I’m quite suprised that this hasnt been posted before but there has been a recent minimum advertized price antitrust lawsuit against major cd coperations. The payout? between 5-20 bucks. Requirements to get in on this? Have you bought a cd between between 1995 and 2000? US citizen? Then your in. [WHERE I FIRST LEARNED ABOUT THIS](http://www.penny-arcade.com/lod4.php3) [WIRED ARTICLE ABOUT THIS](http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,57111,00.html) [OFFICAL SITE TO MAKE UR CLAIM](https://webform.musiccdsettlement.com/english/forms/) -x out (ps sorry if this has been posted before but i felt it needs some attention) ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-money-us-only/153514/2 "2003-02-07T18:16:25Z")
**xeno** , you just cost yourself any money, because once the teeming millions find out about this and sign up, there won’t be enough in the fund to make it worth cutting the check. ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-money-us-only/153514/3 "2003-02-07T18:18:25Z")
That, and there have already been one or two threads about this. Just so you know. ---
**Author:** ![xenothrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/7ab992/32.png) [@xenothrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenothrope)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-money-us-only/153514/4 "2003-02-07T18:19:03Z")
casey1505 read again my man… unless enough people sign up there is no payout. So what better way to get lots of people involved? BTW if any farkers want to submit this as a link please do. (i have no un/pw) -x out ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-money-us-only/153514/5 "2003-02-07T18:20:04Z")
Wow! I was sure that this was yet, another UL. But according to [Snopes](http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/cdrefund.asp), it’s real. Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![xenothrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/7ab992/32.png) [@xenothrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenothrope)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-money-us-only/153514/6 "2003-02-07T18:20:10Z")
Ooops… sorry for the repost skerri. However until there are enough people signed up we really should get this out to people. -x out ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-money-us-only/153514/7 "2003-02-07T18:27:09Z")
Xeno, read again my man. If too many people sign up and the checks wind up under $5 per person, the money goes to charity instead. Therefore, the more people you have sign up, the less likely you are to pocket anything. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-money-us-only/153514/8 "2003-02-07T18:27:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by xenothrope \* > \*\*casey1505 read again my man… unless enough people sign up there is no payout. > > So what better way to get lots of people involved? BTW if any farkers want to submit this as a link please do. (i have no un/pw) > > -x out \*\* Sure there’s a payout, just not to us. Charity gets it. from the article "There is one catch. If more than about 8.8 million people apply, in which case the per-person share would drop below $5, the customer part of the settlement will be canceled. Sending out such small checks is just too expensive. Instead, the money will go to public entities and nonprofit organizations in each state to promote music programs. The settlement already calls for those organizations to receive 5.5 million CDs valued at $75.7 million. " ---
**Author:** ![xenothrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/7ab992/32.png) [@xenothrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenothrope)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-money-us-only/153514/9 "2003-02-07T18:29:04Z")
well then… -x out ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-money-us-only/153514/10 "2003-02-07T21:52:55Z")
> [@](#): > > "There is one catch. If more than about 8.8 million people apply, in which case the per-person share would drop below $5, the customer part of the settlement will be canceled. Sending out such small checks is just too expensive. Not that I have any objection to giving it to charity, but sicne when do they stop just cause the checks get puny. I have gotten checks in the mail, from class actions that I didn’t even know I was part of, for .35, .16, and $1.23 > [@](#): > > The settlement already calls for those organizations to receive 5.5 million CDs valued at $75.7 million. " and I do have a problem with that. Cause I’m imagining it will be a bunch of leftover crap, like 1.2 of Vanilla Ice, 8,000,000 New kids on the block, 750,000 Glitter soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-money-us-only/153514/11 "2003-02-07T22:39:26Z")
**TubaDiva** [is also concerned](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2825527#post2825527) for our financial welfare. All hail the Mods. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-money-us-only/153514/12 "2003-02-07T22:59:23Z")
What am I? [Chopped Liver?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=157779&highlight=class+action) ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-money-us-only/153514/13 "2003-02-07T23:58:47Z")
I opened this thread to report it like the snitch I am. Now I just don’t know what to feel.