XM Satellite Radio Class Action suit over “commercial free”
The Washington Times is reporting that an Arkansas man has filed a lawsuit against XM Satellite Radio stating that the company’s marketing of its music channels as completely commercial free is “false, misleading and deceptive.”
Michael Enderlin filed the suit and is seeking punitive damages and hopes to prohibit the Satellite Radio operator from advertising and selling “commercial free” products when, in actual fact, they aren’t.
XM have said that the suit is without merit and that XM doesn’t air commercials on its music channels.
Enderlin’s legal representation will be filing a motion for class action against XM which could be disasterous for the company if the suit is successful in court. With more than 6 million subscribers who have each had to pay subscriptions and purchase XM specific hardware, a loss in this case could see them forking out millions of dollars in damages and threaten their very existence.
Sirius shouldn’t be happy about the suit either. Both XM and Sirius tout their music channels as 100 percent commercial free and word of the XM lawsuit has meant that some Sirius subscriber is bound to catch on and jump on the bandwagon.
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August 9th, 2006 at 4:53 pm
How to i attach my name to this class action law suit?
October 26th, 2006 at 5:13 am
Dear Sirs, I am a current subsciber to XM radio, and recently sent them an e-mail asking why I’m being charged for commercial free music when it’s not? I’m still waiting on a reply. That prompted me to check on class action lawsuits, which led me to you. can you tell me more about it, and what’s involved? Thank You, Lee Christy
March 19th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
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