I'm sure there are lots of criminals on this forum

2009-06-29 06:40:05

#1

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6747|The Twilight Zone

According to Giggle's terms of service that is:

It's no secret that people ignore the terms of service on most sites, and there are pretty big questions concerning how enforceable any such terms really are. However, Petrea Mitchell, alerts us to an odd note at the very end of some notes on a conference session where Chris Soghoian points out that Google's terms of service forbid use by those under 18. I did some looking and Soghoian actually wrote out the details about this a few months ago. Basically, Google's terms of service state:

You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if (a) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with Google

But, as Soghoian notes, in all 50 states in the US, that legal age is 18 -- meaning that those under 18 may be breaking Google's terms of service. And, of course, as we learned in the Lori Drew case, violating the terms of service of a website (even if you haven't read them or done anything to agree with them!) can be grounds for making you criminally liable for "accessing a computer without authorization." That seems like a problem, doesn't it?

Now, to be fair, the chances of anyone bothering to care or enforce this is slim to none. But we saw what happened in the Lori Drew case, where prosecutors with nothing else to sue against Drew twisted the law to find her guilty of something. You could certainly see that happening in some other case as well. If prosecutors can't find anything else on a teenager who did "something" people don't like, why not charge him with "hacking" for violating Google's terms of service?

Stink

I never read terms of service, just click "yes, aye, sure, u got it" and go on with the install and use.

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2009-06-29 06:53:16

#2

liquidat0r: wtf.; +2,223|6921|UK

I wonder how many people have actually read the legal section on the BF2S Terms of Service.

2009-06-29 07:13:05

#3

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|7026|St. Andrews / Oslo

liquidat0r wrote:
I wonder how many people have actually read the legal section on the BF2S Terms of Service.

/raises hand

https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/26774/flickricon.png

2009-06-29 07:17:01

#4

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6747|The Twilight Zone

Jenspm wrote:
liquidat0r wrote:
I wonder how many people have actually read the legal section on the BF2S Terms of Service.
/raises hand

raises his all three hands

2009-06-29 07:54:57

#5

Noobpatty: ʎʇʇɐdqoou; +194|6648|West NY

.Sup wrote:
Jenspm wrote:
liquidat0r wrote:
I wonder how many people have actually read the legal section on the BF2S Terms of Service.
/raises hand
raises his all three testicles

*Partially raises hand*

2009-06-29 07:57:03

#6

ColCarnage: taw; +283|5889

Noobpatty wrote:
.Sup wrote:
Jenspm wrote:

/raises hand
raises his all three testicles
*Partially raises hand*

*Slightly raises the gay alarm wat*

2009-06-29 08:01:44

#7

Noobpatty: ʎʇʇɐdqoou; +194|6648|West NY

ColCarnage wrote:
*Slightly raises the gay alarm wat*

That won't make it stop beeping, it's gotta be farther away

2009-06-29 08:04:50

#8

Hakei: Banned; +295|6289

liquidat0r wrote:
I wonder how many people have actually read the legal section on the BF2S Terms of Service.

You gotta be kidding me, who'd read that shit!!

2009-06-29 10:15:14

#9

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7137|Reykjavík, Iceland.

I only read the TOS on sites where I need to give up personal info tbh.

2009-06-29 10:15:52

#10

blademaster: I'm moving to Brazil; +2,075|6939

didnt read jack shit lol

2009-06-29 12:19:21

#11

TSI: Cholera in the time of love; +247|6275|Toronto

liquidat0r wrote:
I wonder how many people have actually read the legal section on the BF2S Terms of Service.

guilty. Hand up, head down.

I like pie.

2009-06-29 13:08:43

#12

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6747|The Twilight Zone

Moved to EE? I demand to know why

2009-06-29 13:19:33

#13

TopHat01: Limitless; +117|6198|CA

Terms of Service papers need a tl;dr section.

Check out my YouTube channel

2009-06-29 13:26:57

#14

War Man: Australians are hermaphrodites.; +564|7008|Purplicious Wisconsin

If the terms of service were short I'd actually read them.

The irony of guns, is that they can save lives.

2009-06-29 13:29:54

#15

CosmoKramer: CC you in October; +131|6913|Medford, WI

according to giggle....I assume you mean google

2009-06-29 19:53:06

#16

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6447|what

liquidat0r wrote:
I wonder how many people have actually read the legal section on the BF2S Terms of Service.

Well:

Some Legalese:

Content on this site
This site includes a combination of content that we create and that our users create. All materials published on our site, including, but not limited to, written content, photographs, graphics, images, illustrations, marks, logos, sound or video clips, are protected by our copyrights or trademarks. You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce, create derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, or in any way exploit any of the materials or content on our sites in whole or in part. If you would like to request permission to use any of the content on our sites, please contact an administrator.

You are solely responsible for all materials, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, that you upload, post, transmit, or otherwise make available on this site ("Your Content"). You certify that you own all intellectual property rights in Your Content. You hereby grant us, our affiliates, and our partners a worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, nonexclusive, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, create derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, transfer, transmit, distribute, and publish Your Content and subsequent versions of Your Content for the purposes of (i) displaying Your Content on our sites, (ii) distributing Your Content, either electronically or via other media, to users seeking to download or otherwise acquire it, and/or (iii) storing Your Content in a remote database accessible by end users. This license shall apply to the distribution and the storage of Your Content in any form, medium, or technology now known or later developed.

Our site contains content that we create as well as content provided by third parties. We do not guarantee the accuracy, the integrity, or the quality of the content on this site, and you may not rely on any of this content. Without limitation, we are not responsible for postings by users in the user opinion, message board, or feedback sections of our sites.

Blah, blah, copyright, blah, blah intellectual property, blah, blah, don't hold us to account for other users.

That's all well and good. But I skimmed through to read the final line:

All rules are subject to change without notification, check back once in a while to see any changes.

Rules can change without notification. lol

2009-06-29 20:00:53

#17

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6861|NYC / Hamburg

tl;dr version:

You can't sue us, we can't sue you. Every man for himself.

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2009-06-29 20:05:57

#18

mcgid1: Meh...; +129|7010|Austin, TX/San Antonio, TX

There are times when I try to read the terms of service before I activate software or sign something, but it's just too much repetition, preparation, and general legal-ese

2009-06-29 21:56:40

#19

13/f/taiwan: Member; +940|5993

Hakei wrote:
liquidat0r wrote:
I wonder how many people have actually read the legal section on the BF2S Terms of Service.
You gotta be kidding me, who'd read that shit!!

2009-06-30 00:22:00

#20

Roger Lesboules: Ah ben tabarnak!; +316|6871|Abitibi-Temiscamingue. Québec!

TopHat01 wrote:
Terms of Service papers need a tl;dr section.

Seriously...yes, would make it easy to know what's the whole thing about and not just passing like 30 hours reading this to find nothing of use.

2009-06-30 01:08:36

#21

Bradt3hleader: Care [ ] - Don't care [x]; +121|6230

I never ever read terms of service. Whenever I install something or register on some site I just see it and think *blablablablabla bullshit* skip...

2009-06-30 03:00:29

#22

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6747|The Twilight Zone

Facebook’s terms of service (TOS) used to say that when you closed an account on their network, any rights they claimed to the original content you uploaded would expire. Not anymore.

Now, anything you upload to Facebook can be used by Facebook in any way they deem fit, forever, no matter what you do later. Want to close your account? Good for you, but Facebook still has the right to do whatever it wants with your old content. They can even [sub license] it if they want.

2009-06-30 03:08:25

#23

some_random_panda: Flamesuit essential; +454|6684

.Sup wrote:
Facebook’s terms of service (TOS) used to say that when you closed an account on their network, any rights they claimed to the original content you uploaded would expire. Not anymore.

Now, anything you upload to Facebook can be used by Facebook in any way they deem fit, forever, no matter what you do later. Want to close your account? Good for you, but Facebook still has the right to do whatever it wants with your old content. They can even [sub license] it if they want.

I know, stupid, isn't it?

2009-06-30 04:11:31

#24

FFLink: There is.; +1,380|6985|Devon, England

These things always remind me of the BF2 Mod, Point of Existence and their installer agreement.

It had shit like "By installing this mod and clicking agree, you agree to name your next born child Point of Existence" etc.

Funny shit, and the point stands that no one reads them. It's written way too badly.

Small bullet points are so much better to take in. But I bet some places are bastards with this in order to catch people out.

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2009-06-30 08:04:46

#25

Ajax_the_Great1: Dropped on request; +206|6940

.Sup wrote:
Moved to EE? I demand to know why

It probably says why in the bf2s legal section.

BF2S Forums I'm sure there are lots of criminals on this forum

liquidat0r wrote:

Jenspm wrote:

liquidat0r wrote:

.Sup wrote:

Jenspm wrote:

liquidat0r wrote:

Noobpatty wrote:

.Sup wrote:

Jenspm wrote:

ColCarnage wrote:

liquidat0r wrote:

liquidat0r wrote:

liquidat0r wrote:

Hakei wrote:

liquidat0r wrote:

TopHat01 wrote:

.Sup wrote:

.Sup wrote:

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