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Under current laws, wouldn't the way the Terms of Service are presented be considered a contract signed under duress? I mean, they are saying that if you don't
by Spoom 14y ago
Under current laws, wouldn't the way the Terms of Service are presented be considered a contract signed under duress? I mean, they are saying that if you don't sign the contract, they'll kill you, which is kind of the textbook definition of duress.
- rbanffy 14y agoThey could counter you are already dead and they are offering you the possibility of "post-mortem health care".
- aeturnum 14y agoThat doesn't remove the duress. :) However, before we get to a point where people are being uploaded into a system, we have a lot of legal president to set. The legal rights of the bits that are copied from your consciousness, for one.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoThey could argue you are not strictly human, nor a citizen, I'm sure.
- BenOfTomorrow 14y agoTo be boringly practical: The contract would almost certainly be determined when you first signed up for the service (i.e., when you were still alive).