Hot Coffee Mod Settled: Lawyers Win, Gamers Lose
The Hot Coffee Mod saga has now come to a close with Take Two settling the class-action lawsuit filed against them by several “offended” gamers.
Gaming Steve was able to find the fine print of the deal, and guess what: the big winners are….. well you decide!
According to the deal, any US citizen who was officially “offended and upset” by the ability to unlock the (Hot Coffee) content can now receive up to $35 worth of compensation for their grievance. Take note of the phrase “up to” because the amount you will receive is also dependent on how much documentation you have of your “outrage.” Cool ain’t it?
So how much are the lawyers getting? Page 11 of one of the many long and boring legal documents accompanying the lawsuit gives us some nice details about what they are getting. Here goes:
E. Attorneys’ Fees, Costs and Disbursements. Finally, as mentioned above, only this past Friday, the Parties agreed on an amount to compensate Plaintiffs’ Counsel for attorneys’ fees and costs and disbursements in the amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000), the entire amount of which will be paid separate and apart from any amounts made available for payment to the Class and Class Representatives, as set forth above.
[Source: Gaming Steve]