Gaming Steve writes, "Just in case you forgot in 2007 Rockstar Games proposed a settlement for a class action lawsuit concerning the infamous Hot Coffee modification. As a result any US citizen who was officially 'offended and upset" by the ability to unlock this hidden content can now claim up to $35 in compensation."
As Steve further investigated this class action lawsuit it turns out that the lawyers' representing this suit are standing to get "the amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000)" for their time and trouble.
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I don't understand how class action lawsuits are legal:
1. If you don't choose to settle with the class action lawsuit, you will never be able to sue the defendant for the same reason again.
2. You don't have a say over lawyer's fees.
3. You have no guarantee of getting paid (I know someone who has been waiting over 2 years for a settlement cheque in a class action suit. The lawyers are no longer returning calls to any of the defendants)
4. The lawyers always make substantially more than those who have been wronged.
#4 is probably the most disturbing part. Class action lawsuits are just schemes devised by rich lawyers to make themselves even richer.
there's nothing PIMP about BS frivolous lawsuits that only make games worse for us and put money in the pockets of idiot lawyers.
Don't fool yourself.
i think i was officially "offended and upset" :)
one of them is that you need your original receipt....which ruins ANYONES chances at getting their 35$...i would be surprised if more then a thousand people even get their money...I still own the original copy.
It's Spongebob: "Come get your free money here!"
and is that 35 per person or copy:)
lets say the defendants in a class action law suit win a million dollars, if there are only 1000 defendants each person gets 100grand minus the lawyers fees.
so in this case, if you jumped in to the lawsuit the pay would drop below $35. although the lawyers would still make their million...it's a con.
Anyone who actually thought they'd get rich off of a lame class action lawsuit, is a moron. If you want to grab the BIG BUCK$, you'd better purchase some REAL "hot coffee", if you know what I mean. Though, I doubt McD's would fall for that again. :o
The only way someone could get offended by the hot coffee thing is if the person purposely went about activating it.
I mean for starters, didn't you need to run a program first to unlock it?
So the only people who would have been offended would have been the people going out of their way because they wanted to be offended.
Is it the parents who are suppose to be getting offended?...what are they doing allowing their kids to play a game like GTA in the first place?
PSP version of Manhunt 2 can be modified to remove the execution filters that allowed a re-rating from AO to M - ROFL there goes another USD1M for Layers and another wad of dough for "offended" Manhunt 2 buyers.
My favorite part is when they mention, "This agreed upon amount includes approximately Forty-Five Thousands Dollars ($45,000) for costs and disbursements and approximately Nine Hundred Fifty Five Thousand Dollars ($955,000) for attorneys’ fees, a highly reasonable request and well within the range previously approved by this and other courts."
Yeah, because two million dollars would have been TOTALLY outrageous. But one million, that's TOTALLY fair.
priesthood, they shroud the law in mystery and words with double meanings that only they know the intent of. Truth is they needed to produce an injured party or in the case of a class action they would have had to gather signatures of people ACTUALLY injured by the actions of Rockstar.
If Rockstar had lawyers worth a damn they would DEMANDED that the plaintiff produce each and every injured party at trial. The dirty little secret is that there are subjects out there that NO ATTORNEY will touch because they will only hurt their own profession.
The public should pay extra for this copy . I wish this sort of Mini Game .......Came ......standard with all titles.
I'm offended and upset that a group of lawyers got a million dollars, where do I file my claim against them?
Those who gains the most from all the lawsuits are the lawyers.
And this lawsuit was ridiculous anyway...
Bubbles for you.
Lawyers are the only ones to ever win class action lawsuits.