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New PSN service agreement requires Sony permission for class action lawsuits
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article published on 15 September, 2011
New Terms Of Service for Sony's PlayStation Network make it nearly impossible for their customers to sue over any future data breaches.
The TOS changes were rolled out as part of a consolidation of Sony online services into Sony Online Services. The new terms affect both PSN and Sony Entertainment Network customers.
The TOS sets out a dispute resolution process designed to make it ... [ read the full article ]
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15. September 2011 @ 10:04 |
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Lawyers....getting paid for being useless......
Copyright infringement is nothing more than civil disobedience to a bad set of laws. Lets renegotiate them.
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brockie
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15. September 2011 @ 11:59 |
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to be fair I would not sue them because they got hacked.
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Interestx
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15. September 2011 @ 12:29 |
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It is Sony but it's not just Sony.
The current fetish the big corps have for getting people to 'be deemed' (you actually agreed nothing, explicitly) to have given up their rights is outrageous......but tells you everything you need to know about the contempt they hold their payting customers in.
This sort of crap ought to be illegal, in no other avenue of life can you be deemed to have agreed to strip yourself of your rights just because you bought & used a product, just because the manufacturer/seller says so.
It would be funny if it was so tragic.
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xaznboitx
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15. September 2011 @ 13:06 |
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sounds to me like their network still can be hacked if they so worried about people suing them
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Mysttic
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15. September 2011 @ 13:17 |
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I heard that any corporation can technically put any words on their TOS they want, but even if users agree if deemed unfair surprise by the courts, it would not hold up. I'd be surprised this doesn't go against any amendment in the USA.
Either way I kind of pissed now that I rid myself of my CFW to go back to OFW.
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molsen
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15. September 2011 @ 14:41 |
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Sony being Sony. It would not hold up in the courts. Liabilty for a breach of PERSONAL information is held to higher regard than whether you can sue. If a game is bad or you have a consistant network failure, you more than likely will not be able to sue. However, if your personal information is compromised, then all bets are off. DISCLAIMER: I am NOT an attorney, but have dealt with something along these lines(a lot smaller scale) with expressed language from a corporation.
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15. September 2011 @ 17:04 |
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Wow. I don't see how Sony's going to last into the future. How absurd that they even think that this could be a legitimate route to take, there is no way a court (then again, this is America...) would dismiss something as serious as stolen identifying information because Sony wants people to acquire Sony's permission to sue Sony. It's one of the most ridiculous things I've seen in a ToS agreement. These things really should be illegal, or at least never upheld in court.
Mad world.
~*Livin' Electronicallly*~
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No_ID
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15. September 2011 @ 22:10 |
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How in the world is this going to stand up in court?
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The most controversial new language requires Sony to approve their customers' participation in class action lawsuits.
How can the company being sued control who's suing them? I will never understand all the bs companies place in their TOS that customers, such as myself, agree to without reading. Nor will I understand how their able to get away with it. But whatever, I don't own a Sony product so this isn't affecting me at all.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 16. September 2011 @ 11:13
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Interestx
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16. September 2011 @ 22:03 |
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You should sit down & actually read the sort of idiotic crap they include in the average EULA (End User License Agreement).
Like I said, in this instance it's Sony but they are far from the only ones pulling this crap.
It's been happening for quite some time & my bet is at some stage a court is going to go along with the idea that this is established normal practice & continue feather-bedding the richest corps on the planet.
It's just incredible but such is our justice system (all over the world) these days.
Bunch of corrupt b**tards the lot of them.
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xtago
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16. September 2011 @ 22:56 |
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T&Cs TOSs
don't mean much in a court of law, as they are bound by the law, if you were to go into a class action case, you still could as Sony wouldn't be able to stop you nor can or could they say hey you agreed to this blah blah as the laws override all the stuff in T&Cs etc.
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leemoo
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19. September 2011 @ 05:36 |
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How would they know who's clicked to agree the T&C?
My child could have clicked on this without my knowledge and by mistake.
Or if I have friends around they may just click on this while I am getting some cold one's out of the fridge.
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donoghu
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19. September 2011 @ 10:50 |
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I have read the whole document and I must notice people that what is said in this "news" is true, but only half-way.
First, you need to know that they base their "view" from the state of California. In other words, if your state or country got more harsh laws and rules than Californias, it makes those invalid. Its written in capitals in the agreement.
About the "Cant be sued" thing, theres how it works with the new agreement :
If it for minor court, then it start with negotiation, then you CAN sue if not agreement is made, but only as long as it keep itself into "minor court".
If its under 75,000$, you will start in "silent" negotiation for 60 days. In other words, this is between you and Sony. If no agreement is done withing that time frame, "silent" legal course will be taken. (Not to the court, but with a 3rd neutral party cutting the 2 sides)
If its above 75,000$, it will start with "silent" negotiation for 60 days. If no agreement is done withing that time frame, it will comes to a 3rd party cutting the 2 sides. IF that 3rd party isnt able to cut it conventionally or if one of the side doesnt agree with this 3rd party decision with "good reasoning" from the state of Californias view, this might be brought to the court.
There is a close in the agreement that notice that, if it brought to the court for one reason or another, it will be taken either in 2 cities (cant remember, but one is in California) or in the area where the disagreeing user is living. They MIGHT force that user to move to California during the process, but they will make due that the user can live there during the process.
Also, if there is one part of the agreement that isnt legal in the USERS AREA, that part is removed from the agreement. If a part of the agreement section 15 (which is the new one which explain everything about sue case) is illegal in the USERS AREA, then the whole agreement is invalid and any court action can be taken.
So, if you can officially prove that your personal data have been stolen and that you cant "fix" that by yourself and that Sony refuse to gives any help, you CAN sue them as the agreement is becoming illegal due to international common individual rights and laws. (privacy of identity)
But, if you THINK you got your personal information stolen or if you THINK you got scrammed or whatever may that you THINK you got yourself into, you CANT sue Sony and must go through "silent" negotiation.
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19. September 2011 @ 13:04 |
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Thanks donoghu. Broken English aside, a little illuminating if correct.
I also just had the thought that they could up and delete your account if you decide to sue them couldn't they? So long as you break any one retarded part of the ToS..
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Gnawnivek
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19. September 2011 @ 14:40 |
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Originally posted by leemoo:
How would they know who's clicked to agree the T&C?
My child could have clicked on this without my knowledge and by mistake.
Or if I have friends around they may just click on this while I am getting some cold one's out of the fridge.
When you sign into PSN, you're forced to select "agree" or "not." If not, you can't get into PSN. Yes, anyone sign into your account can basically accept the terms if you have the password saved on the PS3. However, there's a ToS cover that as well, so it doesn't matter you signed in or your little brother did :) Honestly, I didn't read any of that crap. If I haven't read AD, I don't even know what the new ToS is about...
Peace!
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leemoo
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20. September 2011 @ 04:46 |
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Originally posted by Gnawnivek:
Originally posted by leemoo:
How would they know who's clicked to agree the T&C?
My child could have clicked on this without my knowledge and by mistake.
Or if I have friends around they may just click on this while I am getting some cold one's out of the fridge.
When you sign into PSN, you're forced to select "agree" or "not." If not, you can't get into PSN. Yes, anyone sign into your account can basically accept the terms if you have the password saved on the PS3. However, there's a ToS cover that as well, so it doesn't matter you signed in or your little brother did :) Honestly, I didn't read any of that crap. If I haven't read AD, I don't even know what the new ToS is about...
Ah right. So they've got you by the short and curlies then. F***** Sony eh!!!
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Gnawnivek
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20. September 2011 @ 09:25 |
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Originally posted by leemoo:
Originally posted by Gnawnivek:
Originally posted by leemoo:
How would they know who's clicked to agree the T&C?
My child could have clicked on this without my knowledge and by mistake.
Or if I have friends around they may just click on this while I am getting some cold one's out of the fridge.
When you sign into PSN, you're forced to select "agree" or "not." If not, you can't get into PSN. Yes, anyone sign into your account can basically accept the terms if you have the password saved on the PS3. However, there's a ToS cover that as well, so it doesn't matter you signed in or your little brother did :) Honestly, I didn't read any of that crap. If I haven't read AD, I don't even know what the new ToS is about...
Ah right. So they've got you by the short and curlies then. F***** Sony eh!!!
Hmmm, no, they don't have a leash on me :P As of now, PSN is great, I'm enjoying the service very much. If things go sour, I can always turn elsewhere. People are forgetting that nobody forces you to buy anything when comes to entertainment.
Peace!
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