simple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 months agoMarvels Rivals requires creators to sign a contract that removes your right to give a negative review in order to access the playtestfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square200fedilinkarrow-up11.33Karrow-down124file-text
arrow-up11.31Karrow-down1imageMarvels Rivals requires creators to sign a contract that removes your right to give a negative review in order to access the playtestfiles.catbox.moesimple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 months agomessage-square200fedilinkfile-text
On today’s episode of “This shouldn’t be legal”… Source: https://twitter.com/A_Seagull/status/1789468582281400792
minus-squareaberrate_junior_beatniklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63·edit-27 months agoThe ToS forbids satirical reviews. I’d start a review by reading out this portion of the ToS and then make a list of things I hate, just saying I’m not allowed to talk about this aspect of the game, or this aspect of the game, etc, etc.
minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down19·7 months agoJudges are smarter than that. So are juries.
minus-squaregaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39arrow-down1·7 months agoA judge would probably throw this out long before it went to a jury.
minus-squareaberrate_junior_beatniklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoYeah, I sometimes forget that the law isn’t a code to be broken with this One Neat Trick. That goes double when you are going up against power.
The ToS forbids satirical reviews. I’d start a review by reading out this portion of the ToS and then make a list of things I hate, just saying I’m not allowed to talk about this aspect of the game, or this aspect of the game, etc, etc.
Judges are smarter than that. So are juries.
A judge would probably throw this out long before it went to a jury.
Yeah, I sometimes forget that the law isn’t a code to be broken with this One Neat Trick. That goes double when you are going up against power.