Sony Sued Over Their No-Sue PSN Clause. It’s Like, Meta? No. Prolly Not.

Sony dropped (like it was hot) a no-sue clause in their new PSN terms of service. Trying to protect themselves and the such, since their PSN had a bit of the rocky Spring. Being down and exposed and with its electronic genitals flailing in the wind and shit. Makes sense! However that ain’t flying with everyone, and they’re getting sued. Over their claim they can’t be sued.

Destructoid:

The new PlayStation Network Terms of Service clause that basically says that  users cannot sue Sony  after agreeing to use the service has bit Sony in the ass. They’re…being sued.

A California man is suing Sony on behalf of all PS3 owners out there that signed up for access prior to the September TOS change. According to  GameSpot, the suit alleges that Sony engaged in unfair business practices by forcing consumers to either give up their rights or not use PSN, even after purchasing the PS3 hardware.

The suit says that Sony buried this no-sue clause in its 21 pages of TOS crap and avoided putting it online, even though they had with other updates in the past. It also said that  opting out  required snail mail, with no other forms of communication accepted.

Companies burying things in pages of legalese and bullshit? No! that’d not the kind of world we live in.