Sony agrees to pay millions to gamers to settle PS3 Linux debacle
As Ars Technica report, the decision was made last Friday, and—provided the judge agrees to Sony’s terms—will see anyone who used Linux on their PS3 able to claim $55. Those who went out and bought a PS3 because the ability to run Linux on it had been advertised can claim an additional $9.
Specifically, those eligible need to be have purchased a “Fat” (launch) PS3 model “in the United States between November 1, 2006, and April 1, 2010", and be able to “attest under oath to their purchase of the product and installation of Linux, provide proof of their purchase or serial number and PlayStation Network Sign-in ID, and submit some proof of their use of the Other OS functionality.”
Those are a lot of hoops to jump through for such an old purchase, so while Sony’s payouts have a technical ceiling of around 10 million people (the number of Fat PS3s sold in the US in that time), the real winners here are probably the lawyers who brought the suit, who were awarded “up to $2.25 million in attorneys’ fees”.
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Source: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/if-you-used-to-run-linux-on-your-ps3-you-could-get-55-from-sony/
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GaryPosted:
Can almost guarantee this is going to be abused by PS3 owners. About 90% of them have probably never even used bash let alone even download a Linux distro.
PinkRibbonPosted:
Well, I can not wait for this to hit haha, I sure want to get some money out of this.
-RiderPosted:
MushroomElm So, Sony gets in trouble because people edited their software to run something that was not, strictly, meant to be run by the average person? Makes sense...That's why I get from reading all of this.
I like the critera for getting the claim though. You have to have your reciet? From SIX+ years ago? Lol.
If that's what you get from reading it then you obviously have no idea what you're talking about.
Why don't you go look up a litte more information, then try again.
MushroomElmPosted:
So, Sony gets in trouble because people edited their software to run something that was not, strictly, meant to be run by the average person? Makes sense...That's why I get from reading all of this.
I like the critera for getting the claim though. You have to have your reciet? From SIX+ years ago? Lol.
I like the critera for getting the claim though. You have to have your reciet? From SIX+ years ago? Lol.
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