• MHanak@lemmy.world
    1·
    5 months ago

    Hold on i just realised

    Some arbitration clauses work both ways, meaning disney can’t sue you just as much as you can’t sue them

    So in theory if you signed up for a free trial or something, pirating (and distributing) any disney content would be absolutely legal

    Edit:

    Ok i looked up their terms of use (which was slightly harder because of the pile of articles about the latest lawsuit), and they have their bums covered:

    1. BINDING ARBITRATION AND CLASS

    (…)

    You and Disney agree to resolve, by binding individual arbitration as provided below, all Disputes (…) except for: (…) (ii) any dispute relating to the ownership or enforcement of intellectual property rights. (…)

    Source: https://disneytermsofuse.com/english/#BINDING-ARBITRATION-AND-CLASS-ACTION-WAIVER, accesed 2024-08-17

    Edit 2: added formatting to the quote

    • JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      2·
      5 months ago

      Probably not, they say that you agree to settle your disputes with x corporation through arbitration, nothing about x corporation’s disputes with you. Don’t test the most expensive lawyers in the world, especially when they get to pick the arbitor.

    • molave@reddthat.com
      2·
      5 months ago

      That they have a specific exception for IP tells me all what they really think about their customers.

    • primrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.world
      01·
      5 months ago

      that’s not how it works. the law does not exist to protect you; it exists to make you tolerate your exploitation and feel like it’s fair.

      edit: fixed one letter.