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Nvidia Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Vista Drivers

Posted by Zonk on from the can't-see-anything dept.

Cocoshimmy writes "Nvidia is facing a class action lawsuit for false advertising by not providing stable working drivers for Vista. Nvidia has been accused of closing threads on Nvidia's forum and banning users that request a response from Nvidia, post that their Nvidia hardware does not work under Vista, post that Nvidia software does not work under Vista, post that Nvidia is guilty of false advertising, or threaten to sue Nvidia. Several disgruntled users have set up their own site for discussing their legal options."

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  1. Re:sue for what?!? by geekoid · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Funny, but I don't think the courts would see it that way.

    Also I would like to point out that these people tried talking to Nvidia, and had to turn to the courts.

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  2. Re:Quicktime by davester666 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Have you tried watching videos in Quicktime or iTunes? That doesn't work for me, I just get garbage (VLC works great, though) and I'm not sure if it's Apple's fault or NVidia's. It's an annoying side effect of my "upgrade", though, and it would be nice to have it fixed.

    May QuickTime is using some MS system API that is now "DRM'ed"... You are getting garbage because the entire pipeline between your harddrive to the pixels on your screen doesn't support the MPAA's vision of how your computer should work.

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  3. Re:Just use the 'nv' driver by heinousjay · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Oh my god, I wouldn't be able to watch stuff I don't have? Well, that does it, I'm moving to Linux.

    Can I watch protected AACS content under Linux?

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  4. Re:ch-ch-ch-chaaaanges... by RightSaidFred99 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Oooh, nice. I give your attempted Microsoft bashing a 6/10 rating. It _just_ sounds plausible enough to the layperson such that they could think you're right, that's why it's not a 3/10. However, anyone with even a clue knows you're full of shit and NVidia could have had the video driver done a long time ago regardless of what MS is doing in other parts of the OS. Hence, no 10/10 for you.