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Fine Print Says Game Store Owns Your Soul 262

Posted by samzenpus from the anything-to-beat-this-level dept.
mr_sifter writes "UK games retailer GameStation revealed that it legally owns the souls of thousands of customers, thanks to a clause it secretly added to the online terms and conditions for its website. The 'Immortal Soul Clause' was added as part of an attempt to highlight how few customers read the terms and conditions of an online sale. GameStation claims that 88 percent of customers did not read the clause, which gives legal ownership of the customer's soul over to the UK-based games retailer. The remaining 12 percent of customers however did notice the clause and clicked the relevant opt-out box, netting themselves a £5 GBP gift voucher in the process."
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Thailand Cracks Down On Twitter, Facebook, Etc. 130

Posted by timothy from the and-everybody-loves-the-king dept.
An anonymous reader writes "The ongoing poitical turmoil in Thailand has inspired the country's Ministry of Information, Computers, and Telecommunications to issue a stern warning that all users of the Internet in Thailand must 'use the internet in the right way or with appropriate purpose and avoid disseminating information that could create misunderstanding or instigate violent actions among the public', that 'all popular websites and social networks such as facebook, twitter, hi5 and my space [sic] will be under thorough watch,' and that 'Violators will be prosecuted by law with no compromise.' Thailand has draconian anti-lèse majesté laws which are routinely abused in order to settle political scores and silence dissent, and recently implemented a so-called 'Computer Crimes Act' which appears to be almost solely focused on thoughtcrimes and censorship, rather than dealing with, you know, actual crime. Several Web forums have recently been shut down, their operators charged because they failed to delete 'harmful posts' quickly enough to suit the Thai authorities."
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Turbine Responds To DDO Community Protest 57

Posted by Soulskill from the that-was-fast dept.
Zarrot writes "Turbine has listened to the community and backed away from the partnership with SuperRewards that we discussed yesterday. Quoting: 'Based on your feedback, we're stepping away from the "Offer" category for now. We'll keep exploring alternate ways for players who want points to get them. We'll also continue to innovate in pricing and accessibility because that's who we are. As of today, the Offer Wall is coming down. We'll collect all the feedback we've received over the last few days and will use it to guide future decisions.'"

Comment Re:Okay... (Score 1) 363

by Pig Hogger (#31560206) Attached to: Canada's Top Court Quashes Child Porn Warrant

I have little problem with executing a lot of deviants.

What‘s a “deviant”?

An adult who fucks little girls?

An adult who likes to eat pussy?

An adult who likes to fuck his wife in the Hershey Highway?

An adult who likes to suck adult dick while wearing pink polka-dotted boxer briefs?

An adult who likes to wear tutus and roller-skates?

A woman who likes to put chocolate syrup over the dick she sucks?

Comment Re:Get real (Score 3, Insightful) 421

by Pig Hogger (#30642550) Attached to: You Won't Recognize the Internet in 2020

Get real, the aim is to create a croporately-controlled network on the server-client model. The “new”, “improved” intertubes will be stritly one-way, and will incorporate DRM down to the packet level to make sure that the croporate masters get paid for every shred of content consumed by the great unwashed masses.

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