Sony Sued Over PSN 'No Suing' Provision [Slashdot]

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An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from the Examiner:"In a grand dose of irony today, Sony was sued over a term in the PlayStation Network's End User Agreement that states that users cannot sue Sony. These terms were added in September, after a long string of Sony hacks (the official count is that Sony got broken into 17 times in a space of about 2 months), which included a massive outage of the PlayStation Network itself. The suit that was filed today is a class action suit for all of those who bought a PS3 and signed up for the PSN before the September update to the EULA. The suit also claims that this is a unfair Business practice on Sony's part, and requires users to forgo their rights in order to use the device that they purchased."

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[j_factor]

Well, good. "By using this product, you agree not to sue us for any reason" is not proper contract.

[skaar]

Well, good. "By using this product, you agree not to sue us for any reason" is not proper contract.

I'm sure at some point they made this legal under some law or another in the last 10 years.

[XYXZYZ]

I'm sure at some point they made this legal under some law or another in the last 10 years.

It's probably some fine print in the healthcare bill.

[Jamtex]

You can still sue Sony over any part of the agreement or product, the clause just stops you from starting or joining a class action lawsuit as the only people that make any money from them are the lawyers.