The Legal Impact of the MySpace Ruling
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Does this provide a valid precedent for the prosecution and punishment of those who violate the agreements?
Does there need to be some sort of regulation of ToS agreements (for instance, Google requires that all users be of majority age to use any Google service - including email and search engines), or if enforcement of ToS becomes more common will draconian ToS agreements become more lenient to compensate?
While the article doesn't dig too deeply into possible implications for internet piracy, is there something to this?
What say you, fellow denizens of the 'net?
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bedeboop
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Hate to say it I don't read them...but I have an overdose of common sense. If you don't do it off the internet, don't do it on the internet. Manners I guess, how you like to be treated and I give other users the benefit of the doubt towards me. (Until they are jerks :) )
Ummmm...sometimes I can be a jerk too...but hopefully, and usually, after a moments reflection I realize it and apologize accordingly. Just don't want you to think I think I am perfect, not be a long shot. :)
- 3 years ago
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bedeboop
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Finn_M
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As an online game administrator, I have a ToS agreement with my players. By logging in they consent to the agreement, which is provided on the website. Only a handful of players have actually read the thing, but if I were to change the terms of the agreement and they were to log in, this seems to provide a precedent for prosecuting those who violate them.
This holds true for all games and software - who actually reads the agreements? I know I hate reading hundreds of lines of bland text just to get the gist of what the agreement means.
However, I feel that this could be used to help reduce internet piracy, which the author of the article hasn't looked at. If I download and install a pirated copy of Photoshop, for example, I am in violation of the terms of service (at least I imagine I am, this is probably true of most software) and this seems to provide a precedent for anyone who would wish to take me to court for such an act.
- 3 years ago
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Finn_M
