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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sony BMG plops down $4.25 million to settle with 39 states]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/sony-bmg-plops-down-4-25-million-to-settle-with-39-states/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/sony-bmg-plops-down-4-25-million-to-settle-with-39-states/</guid><description><![CDATA[We just had to plunk down over $400.00 for a new SONY BD 350 because their ARcoos copy protection jammed up on our otherwise excellent SLV300P DVD player. I called SONY seeking any accomodation or voucher- anything because their anti-copying protection upgrade wasn't my fault. <br>After being shuffled around and on holds for 45 miunutes the customer relations person acted solemn but may as well have laughed when stating SONY has no intention of offering anything to a loyal customer such as myself.<br>After reading the blogs RE) the other class action law suits is there not an attorney out there willing to continue the action to grant reliefe to those of us who are stuck with DVD players that can't play the SONY dvd's?<br>   ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wm Novak]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 24th 2009 8:53AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sony BMG plops down $4.25 million to settle with 39 states]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/sony-bmg-plops-down-4-25-million-to-settle-with-39-states/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/sony-bmg-plops-down-4-25-million-to-settle-with-39-states/</guid><description><![CDATA[750k for CA and 4.25 mill over 39 states isn't even a slap on the hand for Sony. At least they promise not to do it anymore...and we know how good they are at keeping promises.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[K]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 21st 2006 4:58PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sony BMG plops down $4.25 million to settle with 39 states]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/sony-bmg-plops-down-4-25-million-to-settle-with-39-states/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/sony-bmg-plops-down-4-25-million-to-settle-with-39-states/</guid><description><![CDATA[The cash payment settlement listed in your story is not accurate. What you get is:<br><br>(i) a cash payment of $7.50 and one (1) free album download from CONNECT Music, f.y.e., iTunes, or Wal-Mart; or <br>(ii) three (3) free album downloads from CONNECT Music, f.y.e., iTunes, or Wal-Mart.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Johnson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 21st 2006 5:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sony BMG plops down $4.25 million to settle with 39 states]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/sony-bmg-plops-down-4-25-million-to-settle-with-39-states/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/sony-bmg-plops-down-4-25-million-to-settle-with-39-states/</guid><description><![CDATA["Also included in the settlement is a pinky swear from Sony that they won't put any more copy protection software on future CDs that can't be easily located and removed from a computer."<br><br>By easily removed, do they mean click a button or reformat your hard disk?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paula]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 21st 2006 5:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sony BMG plops down $4.25 million to settle with 39 states]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/sony-bmg-plops-down-4-25-million-to-settle-with-39-states/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/sony-bmg-plops-down-4-25-million-to-settle-with-39-states/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's be REALLY nice if they promised to stop trying to force their proprietary formats on us.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[aws910]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 21st 2006 6:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sony BMG plops down $4.25 million to settle with 39 states]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/sony-bmg-plops-down-4-25-million-to-settle-with-39-states/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/sony-bmg-plops-down-4-25-million-to-settle-with-39-states/</guid><description><![CDATA[WTF?  Why isn't someone at Sony going to jail?  If any engadget readers sold a music cd or software that installed a root kit to spy on users (and later was exploited by other hackers), they would have been prosecuted with jail time and/or probation.<br><br>And seriously how is forking over just under $5 million going to hurt Sony?<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[netposer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 21st 2006 7:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sony BMG plops down $4.25 million to settle with 39 states]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/sony-bmg-plops-down-4-25-million-to-settle-with-39-states/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/sony-bmg-plops-down-4-25-million-to-settle-with-39-states/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sony got off way too easily.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 21st 2006 8:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sony BMG plops down $4.25 million to settle with 39 states]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/sony-bmg-plops-down-4-25-million-to-settle-with-39-states/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/sony-bmg-plops-down-4-25-million-to-settle-with-39-states/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yup, way too easy. Add 100 million to that number and we'll call it even, Sony.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arno]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 21st 2006 9:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sony BMG plops down $4.25 million to settle with 39 states]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/sony-bmg-plops-down-4-25-million-to-settle-with-39-states/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/21/sony-bmg-plops-down-4-25-million-to-settle-with-39-states/</guid><description><![CDATA["...US and A."  <br><br>Nice Borat reference, I like it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JD]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 22nd 2006 8:50PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
