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>a judge could (and should) void that part of the contract. There's a difference between voiding a contract that no longer obligates people, and voiding a cont
by ikeboy 10y ago
>a judge could (and should) void that part of the contract.
There's a difference between voiding a contract that no longer obligates people, and voiding a contract to make actions taken under it illegal. I'm not sure there's good precedent for the latter.
>There isn't a contract between the adware scammers and e.g. Target or Wikipedia.
They're not touching Wikipedia, they're running on the user's computer and manipulating their local served page of Wikipedia. I don't see why anyone else would have a case.
- spacecowboy_lon 10y agoAnny illegal terms in a contract are void.
- ikeboy 10y agoThe argument isn't that it's illegal, but that it wasn't properly agreed to.