This is actually state law in CA. People reported Sony to California's Attorney General, who basically said they weren't going to do anything about it.

Unfortunately the law is only as useful as its enforcement.

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bix6 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Is that true? This says it’s still pending with a hearing in Oct

https://clouddosage.com/playstation-digital-game-lawsuit-son...

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dataflow 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What was their rationale for doing nothing?

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kevin_thibedeau an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Sony supports the media industry in CA. It would be a shame if they moved their studios elsewhere...

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benjiro29 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What was their rationale for doing nothing?

Carrot: Free vacations? Merch? Benefits ...

Stick: Scared because taking actions against the Buy (aka you own nothing) is paramount to going in a fight with a entire industry.

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b112 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Class action civil case should still be doable? And 100k small claims court cases would hurt.

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skrellm an hour ago | parent [-]

> Class action civil case should still be doable?

Nope, because there's a stance in EULA's footnote (with extremely small letters) that you give up your rights to class action civil case.

	▲	b112 16 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		So you've verified this? In this specific case? Or are you just being a wise guy. Regardless, these sorts of things have been fought before, over and over. Often, courts don't care about an EULA when wrongful action has been taken. The jurisdiction matters too, of course.