Paul Tassin  |  October 13, 2017

Category: Consumer News

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Disk in the drive. A photo close up CD of a diskIf you own a desktop computer with a DVD drive, you could get cash from a $180 million DVD drive settlement.

Qualifying claimants can get up to $10 for each DVD drive they purchased between April 1, 2003 and Dec. 31, 2008.

There’s no limit to the number of DVD drives a single consumer can claim. So if you’re someone who buys a new desktop or laptop computer each year, you can file a claim for every computer you purchased between 2003 and 2008!

This DVD drive class action settlement includes popular computer brands like Gateway, Dell, HP, Apple Macintosh, Acer, Lenovo, Toshiba, Sony, Samsung, NEC, Razer, and more! Any PC or laptop that included a DVD Drive from the time listed is included in this settlement!

The settlement covers consumers who purchased internal DVD drives (which are designed to be built into a desktop computer) and external DVD drives (which attach to a desktop computer using a cable).

Purchasers of these DVD drives can qualify for payment if at the time of purchase they lived in Arizona, California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia or Wisconsin.

This DVD drive settlement benefits end consumers who purchased one of these drives for their own use and not for resale. It does not benefit electronics businesses that purchased DVD drives directly from the manufacturers, either to install them into a desktop computer or to resell them at retail.

The Oct. 30 claim deadline is approaching soon, so don’t delay. File your claim today! 

What’s the DVD Drive Settlement About?

The current DVD drive settlement resulted from a huge antitrust litigation involving DVD drive manufacturers, the companies that buy DVD drives and install them in computers, and the consumers who purchase the final products.

In 2009, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it was conducting a criminal investigation into the entire DVD drive industry. The manufacturers were accused of conspiring to artificially raise the market prices of their DVD drives, in violation of U.S. antitrust laws.

Several civil actions were also filed by plaintiffs who alleged they paid more than they should have had to pay for DVD drives. In 2010, these DVD drive antitrust lawsuits were consolidated into a single litigation to be overseen by a federal court in San Francisco.

Since this is a complex litigation with so many different parties, settlement agreements have been reached in stages.

In July 2016, the court approved a $124.5 million settlement agreement covering defendants Sony, Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Panasonic Corp., and NEC Corp. Then in March 2017, defendants PLDS, Pioneer and TEAC settled for an additional $55.5 million.

A few claims remain unsettled in the DVD drive litigation. If they don’t get settled, they may end up being resolved via trial scheduled for February 2018.

You can file a claim or get more information about the lawsuits and the DVD drive settlement at www.DollarsForDiskDrives.com/TCA.

Plaintiffs in the DVD drive settlement are represented by the law firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

The DVD Drive Class Action Lawsuit is In re: Optical Disk Drive Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 3:10-md-2143-RS, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division.

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6 thoughts onOwn a Desktop Computer? Claim $10/DVD Drive Now!

  1. Haley Vernon says:

    What about georgia?!?!

  2. Beonka Jones says:

    Add me please

  3. Glenn Chang says:

    add me

  4. Jessica Williams says:

    Plase add me

  5. Georgia Rampe says:

    Please add me.

  6. Thomas Buccieri says:

    Add us… We purchased 2 HP desk top PC’s in 2007 and one prior in 2005.

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