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Re:‘Star Citizen’ Court Case Reveals the Messy Reality of Cr... by PurpleBoxDragon on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @01:30PM (#17560335)
The simple solution is we need to ban all ToSs and EULAs. Make it a crime to try to enforce them on users, one that results in mandatory prison time (else companies will still use them to scare consumers, same as the warranty void if removed stickers).
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Re:‘Star Citizen’ Court Case Reveals the Messy Reality of Cr... by mjevans on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @03:52PM (#17561562)
We need a library of standard contract terms (so that every time you buy a thing you don't need to read a new contract, and to prevent shafting either side on the deals).

We also need those contracts to be much simpler. A single page of large font in language simple enough for a grade school graduate to understand what's supposed to happen.

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Re:‘Star Citizen’ Court Case Reveals the Messy Reality of Cr... by meko on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @04:11PM (#17561692)
But that would be s-s-socialism!!
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Re:‘Star Citizen’ Court Case Reveals the Messy Reality of Cr... by krageon on Thursday July 19, 2018 @07:58AM (#17565457)
EULAs are already not legal in Europe, so they're halfway there. You could always move there!
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Re:‘Star Citizen’ Court Case Reveals the Messy Reality of Cr... by g-b-r on Friday July 20, 2018 @12:42PM (#17576593)
Where does that come from?

Yes, a few rights are better protected then in the US (at least if you haven't written the EULA in the right way), but I'm pretty sure they are generally legal and enforced.

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