Source : EngadgetA class action was initiated in USA against Creative music players as their true storage capacities around 7% lower than claimed. The legal procedure ended yesterday, and couple of MB will cost millions USD to Creative. Indeed, the company will have to offer a compensation for all US-resident consumers who purchased a Creative-branded product from May 5th 2001 till April 30th 2008. Consumers will have the choice between a 50% discount on a 1GB Creative music player, or 20% of the value on purchasing coupons for the Creative online store. Seagate is already forced to pay back around 5% of the value to compensate the difference between the marketing and true MB, in other words 1000 KB vs. 1024 KB. Other companies, leaders in consumer’s electronics featuring storage capacities, including Apple, might have already thinking of escape and/or agreement plan as the result of those legal actions will serve all consumers complaining about discrepancy between marketing MB and true MB. [translation by Linathael]

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