Courtesy of ars technica,

The RIAA owes me $20 ... ...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. Posted 1/8/2003 - 10:47PM, by Hannibal