America Online Inc. has been hit with class-action lawsuit on behalf of subscribers who installed AOL version 5.0 and subsequently lost their ability to connect to other Internet service providers.?The lawsuit, filed Jan.?31 in the U.S.?District Court for Eastern Virginia, alleges that AOL "fraudulently concealed" the fact that the latest version of its software could interfere with the operation of other software and Internet access settings.?The class action lawsuit seeks an injunction that would require AOL to disclose the risks of installing 5.0, or be forced to stop shipping it.?The suit also seeks $1,000 in damages for each member of the class.?AOL estimates that 8 percent of its users also have accounts with other ISPs.?Based on AOL's own estimates that more than 10 million people have installed 5.0, possible damages could total in the billions of dollars.?The lawsuit also contends that AOL has interfered with the contractual relationship between affected users and their other ISPs.?Read more...
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