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Ubisoft Wants Gamers To Destroy All Copies of A Game Once It Goes Offline (tech4gamers.com)

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (5 children)

Its uh... shockingly brazen:

You and UBISOFT (or its licensors) may terminate this EULA, at any time, for any reason.

This EULA will terminate automatically if You fail to comply with any of the terms and conditions of this EULA.

Upon termination for any reason, You must immediately uninstall the Product and destroy all copies of the Product in Your possession.

Ubisoft Eula

[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 16 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, but if they terminate the EULA, doesn't that mean we're no longer bound by it and don't have to uninstall the game?

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

EULAs, like any contract... have to actually be reasonable legal contracts.

This is the literal foundational mechanism of capitalism... the government enforces and adjuticates and regulates contracts.

You can't just have a person sign a contract with fucking ludicrous nonsense like this in it and not expect a judge in any kind of halfway functioning society to not laugh it out of court.

[–] DrMorose@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Yet, let's watch it happen.

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