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"you may be eligible to receive a new ATI graphics card"

GooeyGUI

GooeyGUI

Senior member
http://www.aticlassaction.com/

The purpose of this website is to provide a brief summary of the claims asserted in the lawsuit described below, and your legal rights and options, including the benefit to which you may be entitled if you are a Settlement Class member.

The Court in charge of this case is the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and the case is known as In re ATI Tech. HDCP Litigation, Case No. 5:06-CV-01303-JW. The people who sued are called Plaintiffs, and the companies they sued, ATI Technologies, Inc. (now known as ATI Technologies ULC), ATI Technologies Systems Corp., ATI Research Silicon Valley Inc., and ATI Research, Inc. are called the Defendants. Plaintiffs claim that the graphics cards listed in the class member definition below were marketed as ?HDCP ready,? ?HDCP compliant,? or ?HDCP capable,? or otherwise conforming to High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (?HDCP?) specifications for the transmission of HDCP content. Defendants deny the allegations and have asserted many defenses. The Court has not made any findings on this issue, and the settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing by any party.

The parties agreed to the proposed settlement to avoid the cost and risk of continued litigation. The class representatives and their attorneys think the settlement is in the best interests of the class members.

You are a class member if, while residing in the United States, you purchased for your own personal use and not for resale an ATI graphics card (that means a card built by or for ATI, not by or for another company such as Asus, Diamond, Gigabyte, Palit, Sapphire, or VisionTek) from one of the following series: Radeon® 9550; Radeon® 9800; Radeon® x700; Radeon® x800; Radeon® x850; Radeon® x1300; Radeon® x1600; Radeon® x1800; Radeon® x1900; All-in-Wonder® 9800; All-in-Wonder® 2006; All-in-Wonder® x600; All-in-Wonder® x800; All-in-Wonder® x1800; All-in-Wonder® x1900; or any FireGL® or FireMV® series of graphics cards. You must have made your purchase during the period from January 1, 2003 to March 31, 2006.

If the Court approves the proposed settlement, you may be eligible to receive a new ATI graphics card.

This site provides the following information:
* Important Dates and Deadlines
* Class Notice
* Claim Form
* Court Documents
* Frequently Asked Questions
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A member brought up the idea that he would like to file a class action lawsuit against ATI. The thread seemed to be full of people who doubted the choice was realistic or time worthy. Apparently, there is now a complaint and it's official.

Oct 2008 http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=31&threadid=2243261
 
Wow if that's true, I should be able to fill the form, I bought a Radeon X800XT AGP in 2005. Probably I may get a HD 46x0 series loll
 
i've still got an x850 laying around. lack of SM2.0 killed that card before its time.

so what exactly is this about? what does HDCP have to do with their video cards? does the card have to be HDCP compliant to output to an HDCP monitor or something? because i always thought the opposite was true (therefore NOT having HDCP would be a GOOD thing).
 
I saw this in another site. I had a 9700pro, 9800pro, 850xt. I can not find receipts. Am I screwed?
 
Originally posted by: Azn
I saw this in another site. I had a 9700pro, 9800pro, 850xt. I can not find receipts. Am I screwed?
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There's a FAQ on the website. Maybe that will help.
 
Originally posted by: GooeyGUI
http://www.aticlassaction.com/

The purpose of this website is to provide a brief summary of the claims asserted in the lawsuit described below, and your legal rights and options, including the benefit to which you may be entitled if you are a Settlement Class member.

The Court in charge of this case is the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and the case is known as In re ATI Tech. HDCP Litigation, Case No. 5:06-CV-01303-JW. The people who sued are called Plaintiffs, and the companies they sued, ATI Technologies, Inc. (now known as ATI Technologies ULC), ATI Technologies Systems Corp., ATI Research Silicon Valley Inc., and ATI Research, Inc. are called the Defendants. Plaintiffs claim that the graphics cards listed in the class member definition below were marketed as ?HDCP ready,? ?HDCP compliant,? or ?HDCP capable,? or otherwise conforming to High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (?HDCP?) specifications for the transmission of HDCP content. Defendants deny the allegations and have asserted many defenses. The Court has not made any findings on this issue, and the settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing by any party.

The parties agreed to the proposed settlement to avoid the cost and risk of continued litigation. The class representatives and their attorneys think the settlement is in the best interests of the class members.

You are a class member if, while residing in the United States, you purchased for your own personal use and not for resale an ATI graphics card (that means a card built by or for ATI, not by or for another company such as Asus, Diamond, Gigabyte, Palit, Sapphire, or VisionTek) from one of the following series: Radeon® 9550; Radeon® 9800; Radeon® x700; Radeon® x800; Radeon® x850; Radeon® x1300; Radeon® x1600; Radeon® x1800; Radeon® x1900; All-in-Wonder® 9800; All-in-Wonder® 2006; All-in-Wonder® x600; All-in-Wonder® x800; All-in-Wonder® x1800; All-in-Wonder® x1900; or any FireGL® or FireMV® series of graphics cards. You must have made your purchase during the period from January 1, 2003 to March 31, 2006.

If the Court approves the proposed settlement, you may be eligible to receive a new ATI graphics card.

This site provides the following information:
* Important Dates and Deadlines
* Class Notice
* Claim Form
* Court Documents
* Frequently Asked Questions
Click to expand...


A member brought up the idea that he would like to file a class action lawsuit against ATI. The thread seemed to be full of people who doubted the choice was realistic or time worthy. Apparently, there is now a complaint and it's official.

Oct 2008 http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=31&threadid=2243261
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Wait, what does his complaint have to do with this case? Based on the above description it sounds like it has something to do with HDCP and nothing about a warranty issue he may or may not have had.
 
Originally posted by: GooeyGUI
Originally posted by: Azn
I saw this in another site. I had a 9700pro, 9800pro, 850xt. I can not find receipts. Am I screwed?
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There's a FAQ on the website. Maybe that will help.
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Hmm, maybe a bank statement? I know some banks allow you to order old statements for a small fee.

I actually ordered my x850xt from shop.ati.com because at the time I could get $50 back on the purchase. Luckily, because I don't have any of the documentation anymore.
 
Originally posted by: Spike
Originally posted by: GooeyGUI
http://www.aticlassaction.com/

The purpose of this website is to provide a brief summary of the claims asserted in the lawsuit described below, and your legal rights and options, including the benefit to which you may be entitled if you are a Settlement Class member.

The Court in charge of this case is the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and the case is known as In re ATI Tech. HDCP Litigation, Case No. 5:06-CV-01303-JW. The people who sued are called Plaintiffs, and the companies they sued, ATI Technologies, Inc. (now known as ATI Technologies ULC), ATI Technologies Systems Corp., ATI Research Silicon Valley Inc., and ATI Research, Inc. are called the Defendants. Plaintiffs claim that the graphics cards listed in the class member definition below were marketed as ?HDCP ready,? ?HDCP compliant,? or ?HDCP capable,? or otherwise conforming to High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (?HDCP?) specifications for the transmission of HDCP content. Defendants deny the allegations and have asserted many defenses. The Court has not made any findings on this issue, and the settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing by any party.

The parties agreed to the proposed settlement to avoid the cost and risk of continued litigation. The class representatives and their attorneys think the settlement is in the best interests of the class members.

You are a class member if, while residing in the United States, you purchased for your own personal use and not for resale an ATI graphics card (that means a card built by or for ATI, not by or for another company such as Asus, Diamond, Gigabyte, Palit, Sapphire, or VisionTek) from one of the following series: Radeon® 9550; Radeon® 9800; Radeon® x700; Radeon® x800; Radeon® x850; Radeon® x1300; Radeon® x1600; Radeon® x1800; Radeon® x1900; All-in-Wonder® 9800; All-in-Wonder® 2006; All-in-Wonder® x600; All-in-Wonder® x800; All-in-Wonder® x1800; All-in-Wonder® x1900; or any FireGL® or FireMV® series of graphics cards. You must have made your purchase during the period from January 1, 2003 to March 31, 2006.

If the Court approves the proposed settlement, you may be eligible to receive a new ATI graphics card.

This site provides the following information:
* Important Dates and Deadlines
* Class Notice
* Claim Form
* Court Documents
* Frequently Asked Questions
Click to expand...


A member brought up the idea that he would like to file a class action lawsuit against ATI. The thread seemed to be full of people who doubted the choice was realistic or time worthy. Apparently, there is now a complaint and it's official.

Oct 2008 http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=31&threadid=2243261
Click to expand...

Wait, what does his complaint have to do with this case? Based on the above description it sounds like it has something to do with HDCP and nothing about a warranty issue he may or may not have had.
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The reason why everyone doubted the link the op quoted was he bought a product, required RMA, submitted the paperwork to ati, Ati informed him he was not in the qualifying period, had the retailer draft up another receipt with a new date that qualified (ie this was not the date of actual purchase, just a fake date so he would qualify), and he was upset on why he was denied when ati called him on it. This has no relation to the current class action lawsuit outside of him wanting a class action lawsuit for his issue. Not to mention he went to every forum trying to pressure ATI to provide him an RMA after he commited fraud:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1361009

"i purchased a video card off shelf from a computer shop, it says 3 years warranty on the BOX, and when i ask ATI for repair, they told me that they change the warranty policy to 1 year, somewhere in 2006 OCT, and my card only covers 1 year, so i contact the dealer, dealer told me, ooops he made a mistake on invoice so he send me another one, dated @ 2006 Sept, right before warranty time reduce, inorder for me to get it repair, and now the tech support guy is threating me with their Legal department, so i told them, we are all human, if ATI as a big coopration can do bait and witch with their customer, why can't a mistake been made on the invoice by the dealer?"

Only reason I remember was his story appeared very fishy, and his heatware account was full of hardware trades including a recent 8800GTX, 260GTX, and etc. Not to say anything is wrong with trading, but I suspected he obtained a used 9800 from another source and tried to get it rma'd and screwed himself not knowing the dates.

The same guy also had a story he wanted publish about how he was abused and discriminated against because he was asian:
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=38&threadid=2262860

So needless to say, that guy was some work.

So back on the original subject, This class action lawsuit is ATI marketted product stating it was HDCP ready/compliant, but lacked the hardware to do it. Hence, some people bought the product based on that feature but later found out it was not possible when they purchased all the rest of the hardware (ie HDCP monitor). ATI removed these features on the website, but only after they were marketted as such.



 
I had an X800 XL (which died btw) in 2005 from Bestbuy, but I don't keep dead hardware and receipts that long. Oh well.
 
My point of mentioning the other guy's thread was that an individual is unlikely to create a class action by themselves. It is full of barriers and the time devoted to doing so wouldn't be worth the cost of the card. That's all I'm getting at.
 
This settlement is only good for built by ATI cards. I haven't had one of those since my 9700 pro I think, they're hard to come by unless you buy direct from ATI.
 
Lame. ATI marketed their chips as HDCP-compliant. It was up to the video card maker to actually implement that feature. I have an X800 but I won't participate in this garbage.
 
Originally posted by: M0RPH
Lame. ATI marketed their chips as HDCP-compliant. It was up to the video card maker to actually implement that feature. I have an X800 but I won't participate in this garbage.
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This is most likely the reason that the lawsuit is only for cards sold under the ATI brand.
 
Hmm. I have an AGP X850Pro Vivo somewhere around here, but I don't know if it's BBA or not. I doubt I have the receipt, I know I don't have the original box.
I wonder if we could send the actual card in. Probably not, probably need the reciept to prove purchase between those dates.
Oh well.
 
Did anyone bother to read the usual class action fine print? Best case scenario, you get a free 4650. Worst case scenario, you get nothing.

If 55,500 or fewer authorized claims are submitted, each authorized claimant will receive one Radeon® 4650 512MB PCI express graphics card for each authorized claim they submit. If greater than 55,500, but less than 71,501, authorized claims are submitted, each authorized claimant will receive one Radeon® 2400 256MB PCI express graphics card for each authorized claim he or she submits.

If greater than 71,500 authorized claims are submitted, each authorized claimant will receive a cash payment in the amount of his or her pro rata share of $3,000,000. For example, if the total number of authorized claims is 71,501, each authorized claimant will receive a check in the amount of $41.95 for each authorized claim he or she submits. The amount of any potential cash payment thus will vary depending on the number of authorized claims.
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Originally posted by: SunnyD
Did anyone bother to read the usual class action fine print? Best case scenario, you get a free 4650. Worst case scenario, you get nothing.
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Actually, (as usual), the best case scenario will be awarded to the lawyers involved...

The class is represented in this case by Scott A. Kamber and Michael J. Aschenbrener of KamberEdelson, LLC; and David C. Parisi and Suzanne Havens Beckman of Parisi & Havens LLP. These lawyers are called class counsel. Class counsel will ask the Court to award attorneys? fees and expenses in an amount not to exceed $3,500,000.
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:| Utterly ridiculous amount. Knock two zeros off that and you get the figure they should be paid.
 
I bought an x1900xtx a couple of years ago. Is this something that concerns me? What's this all about?
 
Originally posted by: brblx
i've still got an x850 laying around. lack of SM2.0 killed that card before its time.

so what exactly is this about? what does HDCP have to do with their video cards? does the card have to be HDCP compliant to output to an HDCP monitor or something? because i always thought the opposite was true (therefore NOT having HDCP would be a GOOD thing).
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You ever try playing Riddick EFBB with SM 3.0 on a 6800 series card? It ain't pretty.
 
Man, that was a bad trip down memory lane. Apparently I thought a Connect 3D X850 XT 256MB card was worth $459.00 back on 03/10/2005 at around 11am (Gotta hand it to Newegg.com. They have the best user accessible records keeping on the planet.). Too bad it wasn't a BBA card though. I know I owned a BBA X800 Pro 256MB card back then too, but I think I got it from Best Buy and haven't the slightest clue when I purchased it (nor can I look it up).

 
Yep I got my x800xtpe boxed up and ready to get replacement . Normally I wouldn't do this but Intel fine was rather large so I take a little fron insurance company . ATI insurance will cover this. Now win the NV class action is over it well be all good. Not sure NV insurance will pay tho as questions of fraud are involved in NV case.
 
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