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[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Doubtful. TOS would state that you're only licensing the media. If the media no longer exists, the license no longer exists.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 months ago

Day 10,490 of saying it should be flatly illegal to call a lease a purchase. Companies should never be allowed to use language that implies ownership of a product when what you're buying is a permanently revokable temporary lease.

"But it's in the TOS, what they're doing is perfectly legal" yeah the problem is that it's legal

[–] bort@feddit.de 5 points 9 months ago

Fraud is still fraud, even if they call it something else.

The consumer was led to believe, they could access the media for a long time. The time was abruptly cut short. The consumer did not get what they were led to believe. It's fraud.

It's like every other (consumer-)fraud before: they can write in the fine print whatever they want.


I am not saying that this argument will definitely hold up in court. I just want to point out, that it's not so clear-cut as you are presenting it.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

TOS is meaningless when the actions are illegal.

[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago

I didn't give a signature on any ToS I've ever agreed to. It's entirely unenforceable.