Checks for $13.86 each were mailed Friday to about 3.5 million consumers who bought CDs, vinyl records or cassettes between 1995 and 2000 and filed refund claims by last March.
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I didn't hear about needing to fill out anything. That's ok.. I've probably taken my fair share from downloads anyway. 
Sal
Sal
Did they go down? If so, I don't see the savings. All CD's (including BRAND NEW) shouldn't cost anyone more than $9.99 + tax. These $15.99+ prices are ridiculous. Manufacturing costs of CDs have gone down, yet the retail price still is rising. And I bet the recording artists are not seeing any of that extra money.
If i might suggest something positive to do with your check, you might consider using it to join the Electronic Frontier Foundation who will use the money to fight unjust laws and regulations in the US and worldwide.
Send your check to the RIAA to help stop piracy! Just joking. The music industry continues to decline and blames decreased sales on piracy, etc. From my standpoint it's the crap that's put out now. Most of the new music is a bunch of junk, and good artists continualy put out another greatest hits CD or a remastered version of something they had done long ago that was actually good. God, resurrect Nixon and bring back the early seventies. At least there was lots of good music produced. Must have been something in the air, or maybe the water.
yukichigai
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Our local radio station has turned into crap. I find it more enjoyable to listen to AM Radio or NPR. It isn't just the music though, more like the filtering the radio station does, or lack thereof. They only seem to play the worst, most overplayed, quickest-to-become-tired songs. Their counterpart in Las Vegas, however, is much more enjoyable.
I still find myself flipping radio stations about 50% of the time though. Forget the last decade, I've noticed a decline in music quality over the past couple of years. The best bands aren't on mainstream labels. (Well, most of them aren't) And the RIAA still charges like they are.
So yeah, I should have sent in a rebate form. Probably for the POS Queens of the Stone Age called their last release.
I still find myself flipping radio stations about 50% of the time though. Forget the last decade, I've noticed a decline in music quality over the past couple of years. The best bands aren't on mainstream labels. (Well, most of them aren't) And the RIAA still charges like they are.
So yeah, I should have sent in a rebate form. Probably for the POS Queens of the Stone Age called their last release.
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Originally posted by: LarryS
Enough to buy a spindle or two.
LOL, exactly.
I don't know if the music got worse, or we just got older.
Hmm, I'll stick with the first idea.
Right on bro. I'm in the Philly area, and WMMR and WYSP are the main rock stations. They just play the same stuff over and over and over, because their target market is so narrow. One would think that in a huge market such as Philly, there would be more variety, but that isn't so. I travel a lot, and find the best stations are in the smaller "markets". I was skiing in Vermont and listned to all kinds of great stations. And, when I go overseas, there's even more variety.
THank god for web radio and ipod!!!
How do they know where to send the check, and how do you get on this list ?
I bought plenty of cds between 1995-2000!
I bought plenty of cds between 1995-2000!
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