Sony Adds Class-Action Waiver To Terms Of Service & User Agreement

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Sony Network Entertainment has included in its TOS and User Agreement a waiver stating that the user can not participate in any class-action lawsuits against the gaming and content delivery portion of Sony. This applies to any class-action lawsuit filed after August 20. This is obviously in light of the good-sized handful of class-actions brought against them over the whole security breach issue.

Apparently in the United States this kind of class-action lawsuit waiver would more than likely hold up in light of Federal law. In fact, in the AT&T Mobility vs. Concepcion case last April, the court ruled that federal law pre-empted any state rules against these kinds of waivers. This means that if precedence is set concerning the matter, it would be hard to fight. Sony could just get away with this waiver making anyone bringing a case against them do it alone or through arbitration. However, this may not be the case overseas with some countries with laws against just such waivers.

As Sony still tries to restore their reputation from a rough Summer, this may not help them much. People probably still remember all the security intrusions and the related downtimes. Now this.