RIAA Settlement: Possible Consumer Payback

Bought a shitty record and want your money back?
Well...you're in luck. The RIAA just lost their court case accusing them of price gouging. If you've bought a CD anytime between January 1st 1995 and December 22nd 2000 (and have a receipt), you might get (some of) your money back (theoretically...after the lawyers get their share.)
Does the RIAA owe you $20.00?

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and from Ars Technica
The RIAA owes me $20
Posted 1/8/2003 - 10:47PM, by Hannibal
...and they owe you, too, if you purchased an audio recording from a retailer between January 1 1995 and December 22, 2000. As part of a settlement in a class action suit against the recording industry for price fixing, they agreed to a large payout that affects everyone who falls into the camp I just described. So how do you claim your money? Easy. Just hit this website, fill out the form, and wait for the check. I just finished filling it out, myself, and it's pretty painless.
The form itself raised a few red flags in that it asked for some personal information, so before hitting "Submit" I checked out the discussion thread attached to the post at boingboing.net, where I saw the link, to see if anyone had done any detective work. As it turns out, the boingboing crowd did a decent amount of calling around and checking, so read the thread if you're having doubts. Also, if you're concerned about security there's a 1-800 number at the site that you can call, as well as a snail-mail option.
I don't know what I'm going to do with my $20, but I can almost guarantee that it won't go back to the RIAA.

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