In civilized countries there is an understanding that noone is reading dozens of pages of terms of agreement, so any clause in there that is unexpected is automatically void. Expecting a software agreement to include rules not to distribute it further, break copy protection mechanisms etc. is normal so those terms are valid. But having all your data stolen is not something to be expected, hence invalid.
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MeanEYE@lemmy.world 6 months agoCan someone sue the living shit out of them
Nope. All in EULA.
Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 6 months ago
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Try going with that argument to court and see what happens. In USA basically anything goes, whatever is written in there. No matter how weird or against the user. There’s a reason why EU’s pushing new and shorter terms than can be glanced and read easily.
Vittelius@feddit.de 6 months ago
Which is why the comment you where replying to specified
in civilised countries
The implication beeping that the US is not. Because in a lot of other countries surprise clauses in your T&C’s is illegal
NutWrench@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Whoever is downvoting this needs to have an encounter with the U.S. legal system, so they find out how little their precious freaking “rights” are worth.
Wooki@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Read the comment and reply to it, you missed the entire point of their comment.
in civilised countries
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yup. But this is Lemmy. People are emotional rather than rational.
PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I feel bad for that Noone fella. Those are not fun to read.
DJDarren@thelemmy.club 6 months ago
IANAL and could be wrong, but it is not the case that the T’s&C’s we all have to agree to aren’t necessarily legally binding, because people can’t be expected to read and understand them all.
With that in mind, it doesn’t matter what the user agrees to if they have no practical alternative available to them.
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 6 months ago
There’s actually no speculation on this one. There’s a fight going on led by Ross Scott of Accursed Farms against shutting down game servers when game requires always online access. Basically lawyers have checked the law in this instance and in USA terms and conditions are GOD. You accepted it and you live with it. Here’s the video. I recommend watching that section of video.
DJDarren@thelemmy.club 6 months ago
I’m in the UK, where the law may be less mental over things like this.
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Microsoft is, you have noticed, not from UK. Although I wonder how that will play out. They did move around their company for tax evasion. I think latest was Ireland, then again I think they were smart enough for money to go one side and software to be released by other. It’s a complex matter. EU has been able to reign them in somewhat with stupidly high punishments with GDPR. Then again, you are no longer part of that.