p2p news / p2pnet: If you bought a PC any time between May 18, 1994, and December 31, 2004, for use in New York, you could well be in line for $12 from 50-billionaire Bill Gates III. And the same goes if you bought a number of Microsoft software products, in which case you could get the equivalent of $5.

Microsoft is on the wrong end of an anti-trust and consumer fraud class action lawsuit. It says it didn’t rip you off you within that time frame, but that’s what it’s all about

"State Supreme Court Justice Karla Moskowitz tentatively approved the $350 million New York deal last month, which is similar to those already implemented in California and a handful of other states," says the New York Daily News.

"She is expected to give the final go-ahead in June. New York is the 13th state to reach a deal, and it is unclear what the total tab will be for the software giant."

Big deal? Well, you could use the money to buy half a CD.

Or, since this applies to New Yorkers, you could make the claim and contribute it to the Patti Santangelo Fight Goliath campaign.

Patti is the New York mother who’s currently fighting the Big Four record label cartel which tried to blackmail her into settling a spurious civil court case. Instead, she’s taking Warner Music, Sony BMG, EMI and Vivendi Universal on by herself in a jury trial which will have major repercussions for other American men, women and children who’ve also been wrongly victimized by the labels.

Also See:
New York Daily News - Get yer Micro-bucks, March 15, 2006
currently fighting - Patti Santangelo fund nears $11.5K, March 5, 2006

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