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Feb. 19, 2011

Playstation Complaint Dismissed

Sony Computer Entertainment America won dismissal of most of a case in which PlayStation 3 customers sued over a software update that disabled certain features of the console.


By Rebecca Beyer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO -A federal judge on Thursday dismissed most of a case against Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. brought by PlayStation 3 customers who argued a software update that disabled certain features of the console violated California law. If customers installed the update, they lost the ability to use other operating systems on the console. If they did not, they lost access to new games that requi...

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