PS3 owner sues Sony after being banned from PSN
- Posted July 21st, 2009 at 21:13 EDT by Adam Dolge
- 154 Comments
The online gaming community can sometimes be a bit harsh, and one PlayStation 3 owner was apparently a bit too excessive for Sony’s liking. The player was banned from the PlayStation Network for his behavior while playing Resistance: Fall of Man and now he is fighting back with a lawsuit against Sony.
Erik Estavillo of San Jose, California believes the ban goes against his First Amendment rights. In court documents acquired by GamePolitics, The UCLA alumni is said to suffer from panic disorder, depression, Crohn’s disease, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Estavillo’s ban has caused him “pain and suffering” because the PS3 is “the only way the plaintiff can truly socialize since he also suffers from Agoraphobia.” The documents reveal that he is seeking $55,000 from Sony for his pain and suffering.
He is also accusing Sony of stealing money from users by blocking access to PSN cash acquired through PSN Redeem Cards once a user is banned from the network. Of course, Sony’s PSN user agreement clearly outlines that if your account is terminated for any reason, you will not get any kind of refund.
It will be interesting to see how this case plays out. Do you think Estavillo has a case against Sony given his medical conditions?
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BirdPlayer
- 4:19pm EDT - July 21st, 2009
- 7
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahhaha. too funny. i dont think it will stand in court.
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residentevilrocks91
- 4:33pm EDT - July 21st, 2009
- 14
I highly doubt hes gonna win a lawsuit against sony. If he does ill be shocked
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unicron7
- 4:34pm EDT - July 21st, 2009
- 15
I normally am all for free speech and non censorship....but I get the feeling this guy was being rude and abusing people online with name calling(irritates me to no end in shooters. People throw around homophobic lingo like it is going out of style). Now if he got booted for voicing his opinion on a non offensive subject or put down anothers opinion without using profanity....no harm. He should get the money. But I HIGHLY HIGHLY doubt that was the case.
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ReZerO
- 4:37pm EDT - July 21st, 2009
- 16
what is he trying to get sympathy due to his conditions or something? i don't see how any of those could relate to the case.
i'm quite happy here in Canada you have to prove monetary loss in order to sue, and with that you can only sue for the loss, as it should be, none of this "pain and suffering" crap, ok if there is pain and suffering where are the therapists bills? that would be a monitary loss to sue for. lol
i'm sure he'll fail.
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whatisdelicious
- 4:49pm EDT - July 21st, 2009
- 20
He's a special case. If he's got Tourette's, for example, and cursed at everybody, then unfortunately, that's his problem. He needs to take his conditions into consideration when he logs on and maybe, you know, turn his mic off, and refrain from sending messages to people.
UpdatorThis will permanently ban this user and delete all associated comments. This action is irreversible, are you SURE you want to do this?!
