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New Sony PSN ToS: Class Action Waiver Included

Posted by timothy on from the furthermore-and-hereuntoagain-be-it-resolved dept.

rwven writes "Yesterday Sony sent an email to PlayStation Network members regarding a change in the Terms of Service for PSN. When agreeing to this new terms of service, you must waive your rights to a class action suit against Sony. I, for one, will not be agreeing to any such thing. You can view section 15 of the new ToS here (PDF)."

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  1. so let me get this right... by Tastecicles · · Score: 4, Interesting

    in order for you to enjoy gaming on PSN, you must first agree to a EULA which automatically waives your right to enjoin a Class Action against Sony should their network be compromised again!?
    Are they expecting their network to be compromised again??
    Is this legal??

    Sony, you are a bunch of deluded fuckheads.

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    1. Re:so let me get this right... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

      It it legal for a minor to enter such a contract?

  2. Waiving your rights... by girlintraining · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Okay, sooo... who's up for a mass individual filing of, oh, say, 20,000 lawsuits? we'll see how well that works when the courts choke to death on paperwork and reconsider that whole "class action" thing being allowed to be thrown out.

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  3. Blame the Federal Arbitration Act by Quila · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's the one that promotes arbitration over lawsuits, it's the one that preempts state laws on the issue.

    This interpretation isn't really new either, since it was held to preempt in Southland Corp. v. Keating. That was a 7-2 decision.

    Congress declared a national policy favoring arbitration and withdrew the power of the states to require a judicial forum for the resolution of claims which the contracting parties agreed to resolve by arbitration

    That was in 1984. The law needs to be changed.