Sony Music
TINA.org joined other consumer advocates including UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice and Consumer Action in filing an amici curiae brief in a case against Sony Music alleging…
Fortnite Battle Royale
In March 2020, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Sony Interactive Entertainment for allegedly not taking effective measures to prevent children from creating accounts on PlayStation Network and using their parents’ debit or credit cards to pay for in-game purchases in games that are free to download and play. The complaint claims that games – such as Fortnite Battle Royale – do not warn consumers about the in-game purchases feature and induces children to make in-game purchases without authorization from a parent or guardian. (Crawford et al v. Sony Interactive Entertainment, LLC, Case No. 20-cv-1732, N.D. Cal.)
For more of TINA.org’s coverage of games, click here.
Legal Action
Class-Action Tracker
Fortnite
February 2020: Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint. June 2019: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Epic Games for allegedly misleadingly advertising the video game Fortnite as being free when, according…
Fortnite Save the World
February 2020: A federal judge dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim. Click here to read the court order. July 2019: This case was transferred from a court…
Sony’s Marketing of Fortnite and other Games
In January 2019, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Sony Interactive Entertainment for allegedly deceptively marketing games, including the popular video game Fortnite. According to the complaint, the company markets…
The Latest
Sony High-Resolution Audio
The The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is a self-regulatory body that monitors advertising in the United Kingdom. recently upheld a complaint that Sony deceptively advertised its high-resolution audio products on…
Sony Xperia SP
The ASA has found Sony’s advertising for the Xperia SP phone to be misleading.