Friday 2 October 2009

Idiot Gamer Goes To Court

Remember that clown (PSN:Vincint19) who sued Sony because they banned him from PlayStation Network? Some B.S. about it abridging his First Amendment rights? Yeah, a federal judged tossed that suit in a hot minute.

Earlier this year, Erik Estavillo got thumbed for being a turd while playing Resistance: Fall of Man. So he sued Sony, alleging the ban constituted theft in the form of depriving him of services for which he had paid. Estavillo also said something about being an agoraphobic, which means his fear of large crowds left him only with venues such as PSN for being able to safely interact with others. He also had the fantastic smarts to represent himself, no doubt contributing to the speedy judgment of his complaint.

Estavillo's $55,000 claim was thrown out by Judge Ronald M. Whyte in federal court for the Northern District of California. He ruled there was no plausible First Amendment claim in the case. Sony all along maintained that First Amendment protections have no relevance to the PSN, which is a private accommodation.

Shame the Judge didn't award Sony costs against him, i would have laughed my arse off for weeks over that one.

5 comments:

  1. Mwah har harrr, I think headsets should be linked to the mains, if everyone else in a game vote to electrocute an iiidiot - dzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZ

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  2. I once encountered a very bitter little man on KZ2. He voted to kick me from the game coz I was pretty much single handedly whooping his teams ass.

    I'm gonna sue that sucker!

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  3. Haha what a bell-end. Serves him right eh!

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  4. KZ2 can make a bitter man - I stopped playing it as every gear up meant better players in the game, I always felt outgunned even when doing well.

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