Microsoft is drawn against class-action suit
Microsoft is in a bizarre situation these days as the noted Texas-based law firm AbingtonIP is lodging a class-action suit against it. Reason? The Texas-based law firm is up in arms against the ban on modified Xboxes by Microsoft.
As per the recently released statement of the firm, "Although modification of Xbox consoles is arguably against the terms of use for Xbox/Xbox Live, Microsoft 'conveniently' timed the Xbox console ban to coincide with the release of the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 game and less than two months after the release of the very popular Halo 3: ODST game." “ This "convenient" timing may have resulted in more Xbox Live subscription revenues for Microsoft than it would have generated had these Xbox console bans taken place at some time before the release of Halo 3: ODST and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2."
In accordance with AbingtonIP, aside from other culpable acts Microsoft has also misused the ban, excluding users who had customized their Xboxes for reasons save for piracy. It's also been obtaining information from Xbox consoles without the permission of the owner, as indicated by the Texas-based law firm.What is the current activity of AbingtonIP then? The firm is engrossed with the task of recruiting plaintiffs. It’s on the lookout for people who have had their Xbox banished from Xbox Live and also haven't been given a compensation for their residual subscription.
Microsoft Corporation happens to be a multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, its most money-spinning products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software.
The company had its inception in 1975 in order to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by the Windows line of operating systems. Many of its products have achieved near-ubiquity in the desktop computer market.
Apart from this, Microsoft owns footings in other markets, with assets such as the MSNBC cable television network, the MSN Internet portal, and the Microsoft Encarta multimedia encyclopedia.
