EA's New User Agreement Bans Lawsuits

I wonder if they're doing it not so they won't get sued, but so that if you do sue them, they can kick you off the service for breach of the agreement.
 
People seem to forget that EULA conditions do not ever over-ride local law and/or your statutory rights as a consumer.

As above this does potentially give them grounds to kick you off the service for breach of agreement if you do... however even that point would have grounds for being tested in law... so all in all its a pretty silly move.

Unintentionally they seem to be doing their best to sink the Origin ship... cutting off their nose to spite their face and for that reason alone I will never touch the platform.
 
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Regeneration said:
Electronic Arts has updated its Terms of Service Agreement for the Origin platform. Following Sony's steps, and taking it even further, EA has added a new clause that prevents users from suing them in both class action and jury trial forms. Or in other words, in a scummy move - EA wants you to give up your civil rights.

Read more: http://www.ngohq.com/news/20584-eas-new-user-agreement-bans-lawsuits.html
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I dug up my old registration just to post in this thread. This couldn't be more wrong for so many reasons.

I am a corporate commercial lawyer (solicitor) in Canada. I draft agreements similar to this. An arbitration clause is VERY common and only attempts to limit litigation. It is impossible to 'ban lawsuits'. What mechanism do you suppose keeps you from initiating a claim against EA?

A clause like this is really just a formality. What damages (injury) could you possibly sustain as a result of playing a video game? Epilepsy?

Your civil rights have absolutely NOTHING to do with an EULA for a video game. I suggest you do a little research before posting things like this.

BTW, I hate origin too, but not for its (rather well drafted) EULA.
 
'Wes said:
Couldn't give a ****, and if Steam did this, you'd still be using it.
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This tbh, it didn't bother me when Sony popped it in, so it would be a bit of double standards from me to be bothered just because it's "big bad" EA.

It wont hold up in the UK, and I wasn't planning on suing them over a handful of £30 games soon anyway. What are the usual things end users sue games publishers for anyway?

"The login servers are down. Rather than wait patiently while proffesionals work their hardest to resolve the issue, I'm claiming damages for mental anguish to my fragile little mind."
 
orderoftheflame said:
It wont hold up in the UK, and I wasn't planning on suing them over a handful of £30 games soon anyway. What are the usual things end users sue games publishers for anyway?
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I guess the thing that may push me to sue or at least cause a stink would be if I purchased games (possibly in a brick and mortar store then registered them on origin) and they decided to stop providing a service after 3 years. What if they "discontinue" any sports or driving game each time the next iteration of it comes out. Certainly not beyond the realms of possibility but definitely enough that I would consider a class action lawsuit justified.
 
Arabian said:
I dug up my old registration just to post in this thread. This couldn't be more wrong for so many reasons.

I am a corporate commercial lawyer (solicitor) in Canada. I draft agreements similar to this. An arbitration clause is VERY common and only attempts to limit litigation. It is impossible to 'ban lawsuits'. What mechanism do you suppose keeps you from initiating a claim against EA?

A clause like this is really just a formality. What damages (injury) could you possibly sustain as a result of playing a video game? Epilepsy?

Your civil rights have absolutely NOTHING to do with an EULA for a video game. I suggest you do a little research before posting things like this.

BTW, I hate origin too, but not for its (rather well drafted) EULA.
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Not all damages are physical (Injury) based?
 
Following in Sony's steps. No doubt a lot of bigger companies will follow. Weird how in the T&C's you can't sue them, yet they can sue you.
 
I feel we must look at both sides of the coin here...

Do you honestly think there doing things like this to having greater control over you rights to sue them ?

Or because there trying to protect themselves from the money grabbers running out and taking them to court everytime there network goes down or because they picked up fifa 12 and its dung...

I feel its the fault of the people trying to cash in taking these big companies to court, over silly things i might add, that we're seeing this happening...
 
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