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"Disney is calling for the lawsuit to be dismissed because her husband signed up for a one-month trial of the Disney+ streaming service years prior.
The company says signing up for the trial requires users to arbitrate all disputes with the company."
Some lawyers truly are scum.
This could be a precedent-setting case. These fuckers better not get away with this.
So would this mean that Disney can no longer use their massive legal department to crush fair use of their IP? If someone signs up for Disney+, the arbitration agreement goes both ways.
I would think a competent judge would just ask the Disney lawyer that question. Like, "do you want to be out of a job?"
No.
You and Disney agree to arbitrate all your claims. Disney still retains the right to fuck you over to the full extent of the legal system.
After all, corporations are people, and some people are more people than other people.
That's the best paraphrase of Animal Farm I've heard in a while.
But this is happening in post-precedent America
Maybe we can finally claw these arbitration powers back?
Wait this isn’t a joke?
Very much nottheonion material. Something like
”Disney Legal Team Argues that Agreeing to the Terms & Conditions of Their Streaming Platform Releases The Company of Any and All Potential Liability in Shellfish Poisonings”
"Signing up for a free trial of Disney+ means they can kill you, legally."
”Disney Legal Team Argues that Agreeing to the Terms & Conditions of Their Streaming Platform Releases The Company of Any and All Potential Liability in Political Assassination”
Fucking hell
I do hope whoever suggested that this is a legitimate cause to dismiss the case dies of an intestinal blockage caused by hemorrhoids. Just a thing I hope.
Arguing over health/death via a technicality is one of the lowest of lows.
This shouldn't even be a technicality here. If this goes through and a TOS is universally binding to your life then the court system just died. Also they can put other ridiculous things in there like you owe them the subscription money in perpetuity even if you decide to uninstall the app. They'll argue the consideration is there because you can re-install at any time.
this is actual parody dystopian movie level crazy wtf
All corporate lawyers are scum.
Arbitration clauses need to be deemed illegal.
Especially ones that are mandatory for employment
or at the absolute bare fucking minimum be opt-in only, instead of "opt out by sending us a handwritten letter through snail mail within 45 minutes of this notice." the shit offers less than zero benefit to the consumer and basically lets corporations get away with murder
nothing will ever change to make them go away
Opt in with customers isn't a thing. If you don't opt in, you don't get housing, or Internet, or phone service. The list goes on. Opt in is libertarian propaganda. No different than at will employment.
Yeah, I was gonna say basically the same thing, ‘opt in’ is just a solid point of leverage away from ‘required.’
Should be illegal.
Arbitration has its place in B2B contracts.
With consumers or employees? Absolutely not
I'm just about to move to Quebec, which is based on the French Napoleonic code rather than English Common Law. I'm not an expert, but I understand that the French system does not rely on precedent in making judicial decisions, but everything has to be codified in the law.
Anyway, another one of the legal differences between Quebec and other provinces in Canada is that mandatory arbitration clauses are illegal.
The medical system may be imploding even faster than the rest of Canada, and my rights as an English speaker may be stripped from me by the time I move, but they do have some protections for individuals.
Incredible.
Do the right thing, courts.
Pllllllllllleeeeeeaaassseeeee let this go to trial. I'm begging y'all. They weren't even active subscribers of Disney+, they only got the trial. But holy fuck either way, this is stupid. Arbitration agreements should be illegal.
ugh, how revolting. for a while there, while they were fighting desantis, i forgot how evil disney can be.
Evil begets evil, Mr. president. (Extra points if you can name the movie)
I am a meat popsicle
It's the one where they are in the future, and have aliens, and a bunch of greedy people. It has a hero in it, that makes a stand for what is right, killing a bunch of aliens.
Battlefield Earth, right?
(/s, please don't kill me, Corbin)
Everyone who approved and delivered this argument should go to prison.
Event happened at raglan road Irish pub, when raglan road staff failed to do their job in regards to food allergens.
Diner dies from anaphylaxis due to ingested dairy and nuts, which they were ASSURED BY THE WAITER WAS NOT IN ANY OF THEIR FOOD.
Disney is calling for the lawsuit to be dismissed because her husband signed up for a one-month trial of the Disney+ streaming service years prior. The company says signing up for the trial requires users to arbitrate all disputes with the company
That's insane. When are citizens going to be protected from fucking mandated forced arbitration?????
Never because when corporations do it it's "capitalism" and "freedom".
Haven’t courts ruled that those terms and conditions aren’t totally enforceable since no one can really read and/or understand them all?
This is a food issue and literally has nothing to do with any fucking digital agreement whatsoever. Full stop.
The estate should file the claim. They wronged her, not the husband. By having the estate file suit, that would negate anything the husband may have done.
It would be a lot more beneficial to them to add an arbitration clause to all their movies. Watching the next avengers movie? You give up the rights to your first born.
I've seen this Black Mirror.