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Apple Sued For Dividing Final Season of Breaking Bad Into Two On iTunes

Posted by samzenpus on from the heisenberg-is-not-happy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Last night's episode of Breaking Bad was one of the most intense in series history, but for those who haven't seen it yet, don't worry, I won't be putting out any spoilers. You see, today's Breaking Bad news has nothing to do with Walter White's slow transformation into Scarface, but rather with a legal suit filed against Apple by a Breaking Bad fan. In a lawsuit that many saw coming, an Ohio man named Noam Lazebnik recently filed a class action suit against Apple upon finding out that the $22.99 he forked over for a 'Season Pass' of Breaking Bad was only good for the first 8 episodes of the show's final season."

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  1. Why is Apple the one being sued? by ArcadeMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    They didn't make the Breaking Bad series, they're not the ones who decided to split up the season in two. What's next, suing Apple because the new pop music album is crap?

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    1. Re:Why is Apple the one being sued? by jonwil · · Score: 5, Informative

      Apple did not split the new season in 2 parts but they ARE the ones that sold it as a "season pass" and didn't say anywhere that the "season pass" is not good for the entire season.

      To me its a fairly simple case of misleading advertizing.

    2. Re:Why is Apple the one being sued? by gorzek · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Indeed. AMC's official stance is that this is one season of 16 episodes. For Apple to make the decision to consider it two "seasons" as far as "season passes" are concerned--well, I hope they've got some good fine print on that, otherwise they're boned. To me, "season pass" means "season pass," not "half a season pass." If Apple doesn't like it, they should take it up with AMC.

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    3. Re:Why is Apple the one being sued? by ChromaticDragon · · Score: 5, Insightful

      There are couple of problems with your quip. First, it seems this chap isn't going after money. The article suggests he is seeking only a refund... for all he deems swindled by this. Second, he doesn't seem to have sued more than his immediate interface in this chain of commerce. That is, he's simply trying to hold Apple to their apparently declared obligation.

      Actually, however, there are a number of reasons to sue multiple parties in many cases regardless of the amount of money sought. Sometimes it's pretty clear who did you wrong. Here it seems rather clear that Apple made a particular promise prior to a proper appreciation or understanding of the intent of AMC. But often it's not entirely clear. Next, suing all involved parties forces them all to get their act together (individually and collectively) since if any party doesn't show at court judgement may default against them regardless of actual guilt/responsibility. Sadly, it seems litigation is often required to get multiple bureaucracies to work together... or against each other. Which brings us to another reason - getting your opponents' lawyers to do your work for you as they endeavour to show the other defendant guilty.

    4. Re:Why is Apple the one being sued? by msauve · · Score: 5, Informative

      Well, if you go to the AMC website, you'll find videos from the second half labeled "Season 5, Episode 13" and such.

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  2. As usual, the legit users get punished by Powercntrl · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Meanwhile, the people who just download the series through torrents have no such problem.

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  3. Counterpoint by schneidafunk · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If the price is $3 per episode, why bother paying $23 for 8 episodes... to save $1?

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  4. Re:First World Problems by gl4ss · · Score: 5, Informative

    *I seriously doubt this was apple!s decision. Wrong party to sue.*

    well apple sure was the party that sold the season pass... even if apple wasn't the party to decide that the final season is actually two seasons.

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  5. Better Call Saul! by bradgoodman · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...for a lawsuit like this!