#Ubisoft says upon termination:
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#Ubisoft says upon termination:
“You must immediately uninstall the Product and destroy all copies of the Product in Your possession.”
Is this even legal @EUCommission?
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#Ubisoft says upon termination:
“You must immediately uninstall the Product and destroy all copies of the Product in Your possession.”
Is this even legal @EUCommission?
@stux You can put whatever in your T&C, but it being enforceable is another matter.
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@stux You can put whatever in your T&C, but it being enforceable is another matter.
@alda Oh true, my response is:
'Ha, make me.'
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#Ubisoft says upon termination:
“You must immediately uninstall the Product and destroy all copies of the Product in Your possession.”
Is this even legal @EUCommission?
@stux If the termination is legal in the first place, then Ubisoft have every right* to further require you to uninstall their products. That's because you need the author's permission to store a copyright-protected piece of software. Otherwise, you're infringing their copyright.
(Only thanks to this legal situation can the AGPL's network-use clause be enforced.)
* definitely in Germany and likely in the entire EU as well
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@stux If the termination is legal in the first place, then Ubisoft have every right* to further require you to uninstall their products. That's because you need the author's permission to store a copyright-protected piece of software. Otherwise, you're infringing their copyright.
(Only thanks to this legal situation can the AGPL's network-use clause be enforced.)
* definitely in Germany and likely in the entire EU as well
@pixelcode But what about physical copies one bought? Require to destroy them?
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#Ubisoft says upon termination:
“You must immediately uninstall the Product and destroy all copies of the Product in Your possession.”
Is this even legal @EUCommission?
@stux @EUCommission insane man just insane
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#Ubisoft says upon termination:
“You must immediately uninstall the Product and destroy all copies of the Product in Your possession.”
Is this even legal @EUCommission?
@stux @EUCommission you can't be forced to destroy something you own...
This ubi shit, is exactly why they push so hard for digital only and always online single player games
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#Ubisoft says upon termination:
“You must immediately uninstall the Product and destroy all copies of the Product in Your possession.”
Is this even legal @EUCommission?
@stux @EUCommission There is something in Roman Law called retroactivity, which is applied only if it's beneficial to the recipients of that regulation.
So, if you bought Assassin's Creed Origins in 2016 without that clause, and afterwards that clause is made effective, it only affects to people who bought the game after that change.
However, if something in the EULA is removed or changed for the better, it affects to every body, no matter what.
Not sure if it's the same in Common Law.