I'm not sure that the details of the Netflix situation are quite clear if you only look at the 'settlement sucks' sites. The case strikes me as bogus from the start. Netflix used to advertise "unlimited" rentals and one-day turnaround. And this one guy sued claiming that he could only get about ten DVDs a month, and that was hardly "unlimited". AND -- he managed to convince a court to turn is [bogus seeming] claim into a class action suit. The actual claim was worth, IMO, nothing, but because it became a class action suit, the lawyers get compensated on the basis of the number of plaintiffs [with each of the millions of plaintiffs getting virtually-nothing [but then, that's more, IMO, than they deserved]].
Let's see: it takes about two days to mail something BACK to netflix, and they promise one-day turnaround. So that means that the reality of a one- at-a-time service is around three-days-per. And so that'd work out to about ten per month. GEE.. what a surprise. This whole suit is over the idea that by claiming 'unlimited', Netflix was supposed to somehow exceed the realities of the real world -- as opposed to the more rational interpretation, which is that "you won't be limited by us, only by your viewing habits and the constraints of doing business by USmail". The settlement was NOT a court decision, but an offer by Netflix to get this nuisance suit out of the way. I think the settlement is a bit bogus [the sticking point isn't the magnitude of the settlement, but that it has an 'opt out' instead of 'opt in' feature: you get one free month of a 3-at-a-time service, but you have to expliticly say "no" or else you'll continue at [and get billed for] the higher service]. But then, I think the entire lawsuit was pretty much without merit. YMMV /Bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <-- -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
