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| Sony Asks Gamers To Waive Right to Sue |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2011-09-17 00:23:40 |
| "Sony is preparing to ban gamers from the PlayStation Network unless they waive the right to collectively sue it over future security breaches. The firm has amended PSN's terms and conditions and users have to agree to them next time they log in. The move comes months after a string of hacking attacks compromised over 100 million accounts of the PlayStation Network subscribers. It is, however, possible to opt out of the agreement within the next 30 days. Gamers will now have to try to resolve any legal issues with an arbitrator picked by Sony, before being able to file a lawsuit." |
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| Sony is so stupid. |
| By Shannara on 2011-09-17 00:39:31 |
| good thing thats not legally enforcable in the usa ... poor Sony... kidding. Sony's execs need to be burned. |
 - Score: 7 |
| RE: Sony is so stupid. |
| By bhtooefr on 2011-09-17 00:44:23 |
| Except the Supreme Court ruled WRONGLY on that, and now it's completely legal: http://arstechnica.com/tech-poli... |
| - Score: 9 |
| RE[2]: Sony is so stupid. |
| By Shannara on 2011-09-17 00:45:26 |
| craaaaaaaaaaap! dang it! |
| - Score: 3 |
| RE: Sony is so stupid. |
| By Soulbender on 2011-09-17 01:09:27 |
| Not so sure about the US but in most countries you can't sign away that right. |
| - Score: 8 |
| Glad I'm not American... |
| By Lazarus on 2011-09-17 01:11:13 |
| In return, I ask that Sony execs and lawyers polish my joystick :-P |
| - Score: 12 |
| Even Sony doesn't trust their network. |
| By Pana4 on 2011-09-17 03:22:48 |
| Now if they could get rid of that pesky 1 year warranty..... |
| - Score: 5 |
| RE[2]: Sony is so stupid. |
| By WorknMan on 2011-09-17 03:27:36 |
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> Except the Supreme Court ruled WRONGLY on that, and now it's completely legal: http://arstechnica.com/tech-poli... Eh, who cares? The only thing that normally happens in a class action lawsuit is that companies get a slap on the wrist, and lawyers walk away with most of the f**king money. If anything, those who brought forth the lawsuit might get some chump change out of it. And that only after a few years of litigation. Edited 2011-09-17 03:28 UTC |
| - Score: 7 |
| Comment by marcp |
| By marcp on 2011-09-17 05:33:13 |
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Noone can get your rights away from you, not in this "system". Sorry, SONY. There's no shortcut. Be responsible. Simple "sorry" doesn't resolve anything. People have lost their credentials, privacy, accounts and money. If I were PSN user I'd sue their butts, especially now, when they're trying to get away with that by forcing users to walve their rights to sue Sony. You can never trust big corps. |
| - Score: 3 |
| Something is terribly wrong... |
| By bouhko on 2011-09-17 08:29:23 |
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...in the legal system when company are allowed to do that. TOS modification should be opt-in instead of opt-out. And we really need to go back to companies that actually try to serve customers instead of trying to exploit everything they can. I can only some PSN subscribers (I'm not) will opt out and engage a massive class action against Sony. |
| - Score: 2 |
| Works in reverse? |
| By Moredhas on 2011-09-17 09:49:05 |
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My EULA for Sony (I wish!) Sony Computer Entertainment (hereafter "you") will be legally obliged, upon providing PSN access to myself, to give me half of all Sony Computer Entertainment profits in perpetuity. Failure to respond in the next thirty days, or admission of my account to PSN in that period will be taken as tacit, irreversible agreement to these conditions. Edited 2011-09-17 09:49 UTC |
| - Score: 6 |
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