why aren't you signing up for free money?

for the link-shy: if you bought a CD between 1995 and 2000 there may be money for you as a result of a record company settlement with 41 states

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

I just signed up!

me too - the confirmation number thingie is k-weird!!

and the more people that sign up, the greater the chance that you'll get nothing.

my understanding is that there's a total $ allocation and that if the $ / person falls beneath a certain amount then no-one will get any.

this is the most maginifcent display of lip-service/window dressing/propaganda I've seen in years! Good on 'em...

because I'm Canadian

not "no one" Phil - if more than 8.8 million people sign up the entire amount goes to "not-for-profit, charitable, governmental or public entities to be used for music-related purposes or programs for the benefit of consumers who purchased Music Product" - still haven't been able to figure out what this means but it sounds potentially awesome and could be better long-term than each of us getting five bucks - another reason to sign up!

most intriguing is the "non-cash consideration" -- $75 MILLION WORTH of actual compact discs to be given to each state, regardless of what happens with the cash portion. "The compact discs will be distributed in each State,Territory, and Possession to not-for-profit, charitable, governmental or public entities to be used for music-related purposes or programs reasonably targeted to benefit a substantial number of persons who purchased prerecorded music compact discs, cassettes or vinyl albums from one or more retailers."

sorry, not 75 million worth of CDs per state, but to be divvied up between them

i'd LOVE to see the process for drawing up the list of what's to go

This is hilarious. It gives me an eerie feeling that the world is about to end.

"Here are 75 million Gwar CDs that you must incorporate into your classroom."