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Ok, but Sony is still trying to block class action lawsuits. There are now millions of PSN users who are signing away their right to participate in and benefit

by sudoman 15y ago

Ok, but Sony is still trying to block class action lawsuits. There are now millions of PSN users who are signing away their right to participate in and benefit from such an action if Sony is abusive or careless again.

billswift 15y ago
That is a good thing. Judging from past results, rather than anti-business rhetoric, the only people who usually benefit from class action suits are lawyers. Many plaintiffs in class action suits end up with a few dollars or even just coupons while the lawyers get rich. ADDED: Responding to a comment I read further down the stack; as for "punishing the company", in reality you are only "punishing" those who buy from them since they will just increase the price to cover the expected cost of dealing with suits. If a suit wasn't expected, so they hadn't built it into the price, or other companies were keeping their prices low enough that they couldn't raise their prices, it might actually hit their stock price or dividends. Since, from comments from many PlayStation owners suggest neither is the case, my point that class action suits will just benefit lawyers and raise prices for PS users stands.
- tripzilch 15y ago
  It's not about "punishing", it's about incentive to get them to take their customer's privacy seriously. If they would actually protect their customer's data well, they wouldn't get sued for security breaches in the first place. While 100% security is impossible, they only need to secure their data so they can't get sued for neglecting to secure it enough.
- danssig 15y ago
  Hilarious that you talk about "anti-business" rhetoric and then respond with gems like: >as for "punishing the company", in reality you are only "punishing" those who buy from them since they will just increase the price to cover the expected cost of dealing with suits. Well, I guess there's nothing we can ever do to a company then! Wouldn't want them to raise prices.

by sudoman 15y ago

billswift 15y ago

That is a good thing. Judging from past results, rather than anti-business rhetoric, the only people who usually benefit from class action suits are lawyers. Many plaintiffs in class action suits end up with a few dollars or even just coupons while the lawyers get rich. ADDED: Responding to a comment I read further down the stack; as for "punishing the company", in reality you are only "punishing" those who buy from them since they will just increase the price to cover the expected cost of dealing with suits. If a suit wasn't expected, so they hadn't built it into the price, or other companies were keeping their prices low enough that they couldn't raise their prices, it might actually hit their stock price or dividends. Since, from comments from many PlayStation owners suggest neither is the case, my point that class action suits will just benefit lawyers and raise prices for PS users stands.

tripzilch 15y ago
It's not about "punishing", it's about incentive to get them to take their customer's privacy seriously. If they would actually protect their customer's data well, they wouldn't get sued for security breaches in the first place. While 100% security is impossible, they only need to secure their data so they can't get sued for neglecting to secure it enough.
danssig 15y ago
Hilarious that you talk about "anti-business" rhetoric and then respond with gems like: >as for "punishing the company", in reality you are only "punishing" those who buy from them since they will just increase the price to cover the expected cost of dealing with suits. Well, I guess there's nothing we can ever do to a company then! Wouldn't want them to raise prices.