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Are they even legally enforceable? I know at least in the UK that a contract cannot supersede any statutory rights or existing legislation, any any offending cl
by FuzzyDunlop 15y ago
Are they even legally enforceable? I know at least in the UK that a contract cannot supersede any statutory rights or existing legislation, any any offending clause is null and void.
Not that I could name what that particular EULA infringes, but I would hope it gets laughed out of court.
- nknight 15y agoThis is a really tricky legal area. There have been a very limited number of real cases involving EULA terms like this (and I'm not sure any have been decided at a trial), and there will be wide variability between jurisdictions. You can, in principle, contract away your right to speak on a well-defined subject, at least in the USA (I believe all common law jurisdictions permit this to one degree or another). Consider NDAs, for example. What terms like these get into, however, is a question of fairness and equity. Terms that are almost certain to come up in common law jurisdictions are "contract of adhesion", "unconscionability", "fair dealing", and most importantly, "consideration". Just skim the Wikipedia entries for those terms and you'll quickly see how complex and subjective this gets.
- rhizome 15y agoLori Drew was acquitted on appeal where she was initially convicted of violating the CFAA, largely through exceeding MySpace's TOU.
- nknight 15y agoThat's a criminal matter, there's no applicability to a civil action.
- jaylevitt 15y agoPlus, an amendment has been adopted that decriminalizes acts against the TOS (though I guess it has not yet passed the full Senate): http://cdt.org/blogs/joshua-gruenspecht/169senate-tweaks-bill-terms-service-no-longer-terms-felony http://cdt.org/blogs/joshua-gruenspecht/169senate-tweaks-bil...