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Ubisoft EULA demanding consumers destroy delisted games adds fuel to Stop Killing Games movement (www.notebookcheck.net)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Yep I believe that's what this is. I've seen clauses like this in other stuff too. Pretty boiler plate. Not like they can actually enforce it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Then why the fuck did they write it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Because a good lawyer looks for any sort of far reaching authority they can legally get away with, and will continues to push boundaries as legally far as they can until they get challenged. All in the name of protecting their clients from liability.

I don't like it, but I get it. And these things can fall apart when challenged in court or public opinion.

Makes me think of the guy who died from an allergy at Disney land and Disney tried to say he couldn't sue because of his Disney plus agreement.

Lawyers put in all kinds of legal clauses specifically to try and avoid any and all liability on anything imaginable or unimaginable. Most times it's beyond what anyone would call reasonable. But we aren't dealing with reasonable people.

Say I broke a game disk that they told me I had to destroy and I cut myself on it, deep enough to need medical attention. I wonder if I could sue them for the costs, since they specifically told me I had to break my game.