Re:Court: Violating a site’s terms of service isn’t criminal...
by derefr on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @05:49PM
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> It is not clear to me that a company needs to say they don't support illegal behavior by the users.
Not just that they "don't support illegal behavior", but more specifically that if you give them your money for a service, and then use that service to do something illegal, then they want to be able to cancel your service while keeping the money you gave them for that service. (Or, similarly, if you buy a product from them, then use that product to do something illegal, they want to be off the hook for processing any potential refund on that product.)
It's sort of like the rule most companies have where swearing at the tech support worker allows them to hang up on you, when they'd otherwise be obligated to stay on the line. The TOS allows allows a company to, upon seeing that you've broken it, immediately claim everything in your account-receivable, and to close your account-payable without making it current.
Not just that they "don't support illegal behavior", but more specifically that if you give them your money for a service, and then use that service to do something illegal, then they want to be able to cancel your service while keeping the money you gave them for that service. (Or, similarly, if you buy a product from them, then use that product to do something illegal, they want to be off the hook for processing any potential refund on that product.)
It's sort of like the rule most companies have where swearing at the tech support worker allows them to hang up on you, when they'd otherwise be obligated to stay on the line. The TOS allows allows a company to, upon seeing that you've broken it, immediately claim everything in your account-receivable, and to close your account-payable without making it current.