Comment on Had to read it 3 times to make sure

Makeshift@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• GorGor@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  what is the mass arbitration lawsuit about? Is it, as dual_sport_dork’s article suggests, an antitrust lawsuit? If that is the case… I’d rather claw back the ability to sue directly (small claims, yay!). If valve is accused of something else Id love to hear about it.

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  • JoYo@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    ppl underestimate the power of small claims. I’ll take it over the $2 store credit a class action might get me.

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• SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I can’t be the only one who recognizes that making people in foreign countries, like say, Austria in Europe, have to file this is in King County Federal Court in Seattle seems a little fucking dubious. I say this as a Washington State resident. Because it’s super easy for me to commute to Seattle to sue Valve… but it’s not for everyone else.

  I don’t know what, if any, options King County Court offers for people from other countries filing suit to be able to do it remotely. I get the distinct feeling this is a “fuck you, show up on our turf or fuck off.”

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  • yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Forced arbitration doesn’t exist in the EU so that clause doesn’t apply to Austria. Therefore, the section with King County includes:

    For All Subscribers Outside the European Union and United Kingdom: […] You and Valve agree that all disputes and claims between you and Valve (including any dispute or claim that arose before the existence of this or any prior agreement) shall be commenced and maintained exclusively in any state or federal court located in King County, Washington, having subject matter jurisdiction.

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  • cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If you have the money to go in on a lawsuit solo, you have the money to retain a local lawyer and probably travel costs.

    Otherwise, you’ll have to get a class action going which in that case, a local lawyer is still retained but the cost is spread out and for class actions only 1 person of the party needs to be present (if at all)

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• dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I found this on the matter:

  reuters.com/…/column-mass-arbitration-target-valv…

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  • cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Wow reading through it certainly sounds like it’s the plaintiff law firm that’s being scummy, predatory and even funded by some VC company “Black Diamond”

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• cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I don’t quite see the point they’re making, I’m assuming by “massive arbitration lawsuit” they mean they’re being sued because of and to get rid of the arbitration clause?

  I don’t see how it’s a win for them in either case tbh, maybe they’re trying to avoid having a precedent set is all that I can think of

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  • ysjet@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I keep seeing this all over the place and not once has it ever been sourced. Frankly this just screams of more epic games astroturfing to make people think valve bad

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    • Makeshift@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If that’s what it is them that’s awesome. I want to be able to see a company do something that sounds like a good thing without that back of the mind thought of ‘what are they up to…’

      Steam being actually based would be great.

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    • tyler@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      jdsupra.com/…/mass-arbitration-aaa-looks-to-reign….

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    • Wanderer@r.nf ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah smells a lot like them. Throwing Chinese money away to force a “monopoly” shift didn’t work and everyone saw through their practice. Loosing bribed companies left and right (Ubislob and Scam Enix for example). They are desperate and they know they cant count on Fortnite or Tencent forever.

      The Valve typical silence treatment worked wonders on Swiney’s mind.

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