Sony hack could cost Sony $318 per account!?

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Rath said:

irstupid said:

 

thats not how legal action works.  one person would win and n oone else would be able to sue.  you can't be sued over the same thing twice.

and you are also missing what these costs include.  thse numbers are mostly guestimates of missing revenue or lost sales.  I mean during this down time, sony could have missed out on getting a few billion in psn sales.  meanwhile they are incuring a few billion more in costs.  Thus what would have been a 3 billion revenue, turns into a 0 billion revenue and 3 billion expense.  a 6 billion dollars cost overall.   and lets not forget stock.  these also estimate a loss in stock value.

is sony going to have to fork oer 23 billion dolalrs?  hell no. 

No, that's not how legal action works. Each individual is allowed to sue for damages to them. You're thinking double jeopardy I think, which is criminal law (you cannot be tried for the same crime twice, but criminal and civil law are very different).

Though most likely something with this many people affected would lead to a class action suit.

no i'm not.  when cigarette companies got sued they were sued on behalf of EVERYONE.  that is what would happen here.  Sony woudl be sued on behalf of EVERYONE.

if joe bloe goes to court and wins against sony for a few million dollars, i can't go to court with same charge and hope to win.  They would say no, that joe bloe won the case and he represents everyone effected by this case.