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Sony’s Arbitration Policy Not Worldwide

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As we reported last week, the new PlayStation Terms of Service state that by agreeing to them, you also agree to not sue Sony and instead choose to resolve all of your legal disputes through arbitration. Not only that, but you are basically signing away your right to go to court with Sony even after the PS3 is good and dead. Granted, you can opt out by sending a bunch of information to Sony via snail mail, but snail mail is far from perfect and paperwork can get lost. It’s a sticky situation.

However, if you are lucky enough to live somewhere that is not America, you don’t have to deal with any of this. Kotaku Australia recently reached out to Sony for comment, and it turns out that the Terms of Service in Australia and Europe are not changing at all. Maybe Australians are not as sue crazy as Americans are.



In the words of the Sony spokesperson: “Although the Terms of Service (TOS) in the SCEE (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe) region have not been changed, in the regions where they have, this updated language is designed to benefit both the consumer and the company by ensuring that there is adequate time and procedures to resolve disputes. There is also a section of the TOS that educates users on how they can opt out of this portion of the TOS. As Australia is part of SCEE therefore there is no change to the TOS.”

I’ve sent in my opt-out letter. Have you?

By Angelo M. D’Argenio

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