Read the fine print!!

[VulcanRider]

7,500 Online Shoppers Unknowingly Sold Their Souls

FOXNews.com

A computer game retailer revealed that it legally owns the souls of thousands of online shoppers, thanks to a clause in the terms and conditions agreed to by online shoppers.

The retailer, British firm GameStation, added the "immortal soul clause" to the contract signed before making any online purchases earlier this month. It states that customers grant the company the right to claim their soul.

"By placing an order via this Web site on the first day of the fourth month of the year 2010 Anno Domini, you agree to grant Us a non transferable option to claim, for now and for ever more, your immortal soul. Should We wish to exercise this option, you agree to surrender your immortal soul, and any claim you may have on it, within 5 (five) working days of receiving written notification from gamesation.co.uk or one of its duly authorised minions."

GameStation's form also points out that "we reserve the right to serve such notice in 6 (six) foot high letters of fire, however we can accept no liability for any loss or damage caused by such an act. If you a) do not believe you have an immortal soul, b) have already given it to another party, or c) do not wish to grant Us such a license, please click the link below to nullify this sub-clause and proceed with your transaction."

The terms of service were updated on April Fool's Day as a gag, but the retailer did so to make a very real point: No one reads the online terms and conditions of shopping, and companies are free to insert whatever language they want into the documents.

more at: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/...est=latestnews

Funny, yet scary... Guess I'll try to read the terms from now on... =)

[Firestormalpha]

Well, it would help if the Terms and Agreements/EULA text wasn't the length of a small novel written in a foreign language.

[wellard]

That is a very good April fools joke

But FYI any so called terms and conditions NEVER overide or undermine your common law rights in ANY way. Basically they are not worth the paper thay are written on - at least in the UK and OZ - The US of A may be different.

[VulcanRider]

I'm just curious about how they want to store it. Do they have those containers from the Ghostbusters movies? Or is it more like the briefcase from Pulp Fiction?

[Sazerac]

Originally Posted by VulcanRider I'm just curious about how they want to store it. Do they have those containers from the Ghostbusters movies? Or is it more like the briefcase from Pulp Fiction?

I'm all for phylacteries myself, but maybe that's just a personal preference...

[Timber Loftis]

Today's legal term for the day:

Contract of Adhesion

[Mouse]

Originally Posted by wellard That is a very good April fools joke But FYI any so called terms and conditions NEVER overide or undermine your common law rights in ANY way. Basically they are not worth the paper thay are written on - at least in the UK and OZ - The US of A may be different.

Err actually, they can do. You can give up many common law rights by agreeing to a contract. What a contract cannt do (in general terms) is to override your statutory rights.

[wellard]

Originally Posted by Mouse Err actually, they can do. You can give up many common law rights by agreeing to a contract. What a contract cannt do (in general terms) is to override your statutory rights.

Bah! Yes you are right ... a contract can not overide your statutory rights

[Kakero]

You might be able to use with such thing in a 3rd world country....

[ElfBane]

What's bogus about EULA's is their nature. It's a false choice in that you MUST agree in order to use the software. Just tell me I'm not supposed to pirate your IP, and get on with it,,,don't you think that can be done in one paragraph?