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From:
Marco Carbone
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Date:
Thu, 9 Jan 2003 15:25:30 -0500 (EST)
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Re: [idm] This might be of interest...
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quoted 2 lines Eggs-actly! Obviously, potential double-dippers need to be screened-out.> Eggs-actly! Obviously, potential double-dippers need to be screened-out. > Substantiation is necessary for valid disbursement of the entire settlement.
and i don't think the last 4 digits of your SSN will enable them to do much anyway. this thing is real - the problem is, it's also pretty useless. as of 3 or 4 days ago, very few people had heard of this thing, but now I've seen it in many places which means that so many people will sign up that the claimants will probably get no money. so the only effect it will really have is to *slightly* hurt the record companies, and not benefit the consumers who get duped. but i guess that's how the law works. it's just like the gw bush tax refund last year - it didn't really help anyone (c'mon what would $300 do for anyone) but hurt the government (and cost a heck of a lot of money to send out all those checks). --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org