Is this legit?

Discussion in 'General' started by lilkolo91, May 13, 2016.

  1. lilkolo91

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    Email Notice (Incomplete Name)
    Dear (insert my name):
    On July 2, 2015, the United States District Court in and for the Northern District of California granted approval of a proposed collective action settlement in a lawsuit entitled Christopher Otey & Mary Greth, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. CrowdFlower, Inc., Lukas Biewald, and Chris Van Pelt, Defendant(s),Case No. 12-cv-05524-JST. You are receiving this email because you have been identified as member of the Provisional Settlement Class certified by the Court. The Provisional Settlement Class is defined as follows:
    All contributors who performed CrowdFlower managed tasks on behalf of customers posted on Amazon Mechanical Turk (“AMT”) at any time from October 26, 2009, through July 2, 2015, who accessed said tasks from an IP address located in the United States or any of its territories (specifically, American Samoa, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Northern Mariana Islands), and whose cumulative earnings from performing said tasks during this period are equal to or greater than $5.00 (Five Dollars).

    As a member of the Provisional Settlement Class, you have the right to be paid a share out of the total available Net Settlement Amount as described in more detail in the attached Notice. The attached Notice informs you of the Settlement and its terms and of your right to participate in the Settlement. Capitalized terms not defined in this Notice are defined in the Second Modified Stipulation of Settlement of Collective Action, and which is available for you to view at the following website www.CrowdFlower.Simpluris.com.

    As noted, you have been identified as member of the Provisional Settlement Class because you have performed CrowdFlower-managed tasks posted on AMT during the relevant time period. However, it appears that in performing such tasks, you did not register with your full legal name. Given this, we are currently unable to send you a Settlement Award Check. If you wish to receive your Settlement Award Check, please promptly respond to this email by providing your full legal name.
    If you have any questions, you may contact:
    Otey v. CrowdFlower
    c/o Simpluris, Inc.
    P.O. Box 26170
    Santa Ana, CA 92799
    (877) 272-4962

    PLEASE DO NOT TELEPHONE OR ATTEMPT TO CONTACT THE COURT ABOUT THIS EMAIL.
     
  2. Flora

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    I think so. Several other workers have reported getting the same email.
     
  3. donyellfreak

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    I got a check in the mail today from this thing, going to deposit it before they change their minds!
     
  4. Khalinov

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    I got one today as well. It is approximately what I earn in any given two-month period of turking.
    I will probably deposit it and accept the terms.

    I had forgotten all about this, BTW.

    I also wonder if this will have a chilling effect on the platform (or perhaps it has already).
     
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  5. CrankyOwl

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    I got a check today too - for the grand sum of $3.80. I"m just curious if or how this will affect MT in general - there are many other requesters who don't pay minimum wage.
     
  6. Khalinov

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    Yeah, I just checked my mail and had it. Was really confused, LOL. Guess I'll see about depositing it before long.
     
  8. rye

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    Glad to see this thread started as I had a check for a little over 8 bucks, too in my mail...interesting...
     
  9. tiger paw

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    this lawsuit is what lead dolores labs/CF to leave mturk. i got a really nice amount in the settlement but i still don't think it makes up for all the pain inflicted from doing their HITs
     
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