Netflix modifies class action settlement
Remember the crappy Netflix class action settlement? Well, Netflix has modified it. Now, it’s impossible for customers to be billed for the better plan if they do not personally authorize Netflix to change their account type.
Netflix Inc. told a judge Wednesday that it would change the terms of a class-action settlement amid criticism that the online DVD rental company was going to use the accord to recruit customers.
The settlement calls for Netflix to offer a month of free or upgraded service to more than 6 million current and former customers. The Federal Trade Commission, however, criticized the company’s plan to automatically charge for the resumed or upgraded service unless recipients took steps to cancel after the free month. In response, Netflix dropped the plan for automatic charges.
“The company felt the settlement was in the best interest of customers and shareholders, but when the FTC objected we listened,” said Netflix spokesman Steve Swasey.
Click here for complete history and information on the settlement.
And finally some sad news. This will be my last post on Kiosk.net, as I have been federally banned from posting anything on the internet ever again. To find out why, you can read the contents of this blog. Although the Feds would appreciate it if you didnt.
February 24th, 2006 at 12:12 am
I must have been late for the party because no sooner then I discover this great blog and I find out that you’ve ended it. I went back and read your previous entries and I don’t understand where the feds told you to shut down. I would love to find out more about your reasons for censoring yourself.
February 24th, 2006 at 1:44 am
Not to worry, davis! Double-oh-Steven is leaving our blog, but the blog isn’t leaving you! Others, like me and spizzy, will continue to bring you the relevant news, the insightful analysis, and the entertaining commentary that you have rightfully come to expect from Kiosk.net. Well, at least we’ll write a bunch of stuff about movies and the distribution of them.
February 24th, 2006 at 3:01 pm
I’m glad to hear the Kiosk.net isn’t going anywhere. This really is a pretty neat site. I thought that I was the only one who got excited by the kiosk industry, but clearly the Net is hiding more then a few who understand the potential for the technology. It will be fun to watch the digital revolution from kiosk.net’s point of view.