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I had forgotten about this up until I received the following letter and a check for $13.86.

CD MAP Antitrust Litigation
P.O. Box 1650
Faribault, MN 55021-1650

IMPORTANT: SETTLEMENT MATERIALS ENCLOSED

February, 2004

Dear Florida Music Purchaser:

As Attorney General for the State of Florida, I am pleased to enclose payment for your claim in the settlement of the Compact Disc Minimum Advertised Price Antitrust Litigation. This lawsuit was brought by the Attorneys General of 43 states and three territories and by counsel for Private Class Plaintiffs on behalf of purchasers of music CDs. In accordance with the terms of the court-approved settlement, payment is being made to music purchasers who filed a valid and timely claim.

Whether you filed your claim online at the settlement web site, www.MusicCDSettlement.com, or by mail, the attached payment represents full payment of your portion of the Settlement. Please not that the attached payment instrument must be cashed by May 20, 2004.

It is a pleasure to bring this matter to a satisfactory conclusion and to return value to consumers who purchased CDs while the challenged pricing policies were in effect.

Charlie Crist
Attorney General of Florida

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  • Syelence

    I remember signing up for that. It was a pleasant surprise, although I thought it would have made more sense for it to be the full cost of a CD at actual value now....but I was still happy with my thirteen bucks.

  • FSUpaintball

    Ironic how retail price for a CD is $18, and we get a refund for ALL of our extra money we've paid in the form of $13. Not even enough to buy one at a retail store. Crazy. Well, there's a rich, happy lawyer out there somewhere.

  • flcute76

    What is this all about?? ive never heard of this...

  • LoveStory

    rich happy lawyers or partial refunds?

    I wonder if this is where all the money the RIAA is getting from the people who download music!

  • flcute76

    Lawyers ive heard of... its the settlements i havnt

    thats what im asking about

  • David July

    Check out the link in the letter I posted.

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