Comments on: Boston mayor: Sony should pay for PlayStation 3 riots https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/11/boston-mayor-sony-should-pay-for-playstation-3-riots/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:10:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: Agammamon https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/11/boston-mayor-sony-should-pay-for-playstation-3-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-4797 Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:10:54 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4199#comment-4797 What poor decisions did the retailers make? What makes these choices actionable while the decisions of those running amok are not their fault?

]]> By: Ryan Frank https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/11/boston-mayor-sony-should-pay-for-playstation-3-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-4796 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:09:29 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4199#comment-4796 They should go after someone alright, but Sony is the wrong target (it just has deep pockets with the added bonus of not being in their back yard).

In most cases, the worst of these incidents were helped along because of poor decisions made by the retailers selling the product. But most retailers a) Dont have as much money as sony, and b) have a local presense that the mayor doesnt want to disrupt.

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