sony's illegal business practice!!!!!!!

[slowmo]

joeorc said:

thranx said:
joeorc you need to do some actual reading on consumer rights (not just copy pasting definitions, but comprehending what you read). you do not have it right at least for the US and EU. Consumers do not have to choose between updates and loosing features. As shown by the first case already above. More will come out and retailers/sony will have to compensate people who bought ps3's to use linux and no longer can. EULA's/TOS's can not contract you out of your right to have what you purchased not taken away from you. This will be last I say, as from here on out we will start hearing about court cases and judges and lawyers will decide who is right in each country.

when you buy a PC do you own the right's to the windows XP or window's 7 software?

that answer is NO!

you are granted a License to use it.!

that is the very same thing with the XMB, sony own's the XMB not the consumer.

did you not take the time to read about service pack 2 and the loss of some consumer's software functionality that worked just fine on service pack 1.

did Microsoft get a lawsuit over this?

that should tell you something.

just because Amazon gave someone a refund does not mean everyone will!

 

Stop being naive Joe, this is a very complex issue and it shows that at least in one companies legal team eyes, they have a case to answer.  I'll take the word of a company like Amazon that there is a problem here over yourself who is more than likely not a lawyer well versed in consumer law, especially in the EU it would seem.