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Creative Sued for Base-10 Capacities On HDD MP3 Players

Posted by Soulskill on from the basic-math dept.

Dorkz brings news of a class-action settlement from Creative Labs over the capacity of their HDD MP3 players. Evidently they calculated drive capacity in base-10 (1,000,000,000 bytes per GB) instead of base-2 (1,073,741,824 bytes per GB). The representative plaintiff is entitled to $5,000, and everyone else who bought one of the HDD MP3 players in the past several years gets a 50% discount on a new 1GB player[PDF]. They can also opt for a 20% discount on anything ordered from Creative's online store. Creative has made available all of the necessary legal forms. Seagate lost a similar lawsuit late last year.

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  1. Re:50%? by mrbluze · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...they misrepresented the capacity... I'm sure they thought they were just being creative.
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  2. I wonder if the rep. plaintiff will complain... by harmony7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... upon receiving his $5k, that he should have gotten $5,120 ?