Sony tackles BBC over 'PS3 failure' report

[damndl0ser]

alanshearer said:

damndl0ser said:
I get a kick out of you guys claiming lawsuit on Sony's part. You haven't even seen the program and you are already sticking it to the BBC. Believe it or not, most of the time there is a reason for programs like this. They have obviously had a lot of people complaining about it or there wouldn't have been a need for the program to begin with.

It would all but be impossible for sony to win a lawsuit on something like this. And the only thing they are doing is basically trying to bully the BBC over this. Which will get them no where.

Why would it be impossible to win a lawsuit?.

It may be a little different in the UK than in the USA.  But Sony would have to prove that the BBC intended to blatantly damage Sony's rep on purpose and that this was there only intention.   The worst thing the BBC would probably have to do is to submit some sort of correction notice (if the article had errors in it).  Much like a newspaper does, when it gets an article wrong or someones name wrong etc...

 

Sony would be the company that would have to prove damages.  And this would be very difficult.