Aussie Gamer Loses PS3 Court Case Over 'Other OS'

dotarray writes "An Australian man who took Sony to court over the company's decision to remove Linux functionality from the PS3 console has now lost his claim, with the court clearing the manufacturer of any wrongdoing regarding the upgrade."

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Re:Is this any surprise?

[mjwx]

It's completely ridiculous

Not really.

which shouldn't surprise anyone

I'm certainly not supprised, well not at the ruling as it's completely logical.

Contrary to the popular delusion, you the gamer are the product, the advertisers and game makers are the customers. You also agreed that Sony could change things whenever they wanted when you opened the box. Sony's done nothing illegal here, wrong maybe but definitely not illegal. It's the courts job to rule on violations of the law, not good will. At absolute worst the court should have ordered the gamer to hand back his PS3 and Sony to refund the gamers money in full.

How could any court not view this as false advertising?

Because it wasn't advertised prominently or deceptively. When you buy a Sony Playstation or Microsoft Xbox you are expected to understand that things may be subject to change at Sony's (or Microsoft's) whim. This is part of what we call "common sense" or more accurately "having half a brain" so what I want to know is why this case made it to an Australian court in the first place. The plaintiff is clearly a moron.

My guess is that they have fresh Vaios and PS3s (i.e. hookers and blow) to spare.

Actually no, we enforce some standards of integrity over here. Besides, Sony was legally in the right.

Point in short, when you buy into a closed platform you accept that the owner of that platform can change whatever they like without prior notice.

Re:Facepalm

[Anonymous Coward]

Why in the world would it be the same in North America or Australia?

That approach doesn't make any sense at all!

it's just EU stomping on small businesses. Who is best able to know and control if a device has its features? In what way could a retailer know, prevent, forsee, control Sony from firmware updates? Build a flux capacitor?

Sony made the claim. Sony broke the claim. The law in the civilized world holds Sony accountable. The UK hardly qualifies.

Re:Why do people even trust Sony anymore?

[TheRaven64]

Sony's media and hardware divisions are more or less independent, so it's not necessarily fair to judge one by the actions of the other. This decision shows that they are both (independently) anti-customer.