Discord has issued an update to its terms of service that “significantly affect” its users’ legal rights, requiring regulars to waive their right to file a lawsuit – including larger class-action litigations. The platform insists that this isn’t to downplay its responsibilities, but instead to resolve issues in-house via arbitration …
Read More »Twitch doesn’t want you streaming Adult Only rated titles
Just days before the controversial isometric shooter, Hatred is due to release, Twitch has tightened up its rules on streaming Adult Only ESRB rated games, announcing its new policy over on its official blog. This means that if a game is rated AO by the ESRB in the US, it can't …
Read More »Instagram can sell your photos without telling you
Instagram, the now Facebook owned image sharing and retro-filtering site, has just changed its terms and conditions, allowing the site to have complete say in what happens with your photos once uploaded. It could use them in adverts or sell them to other organisations, all without telling you a thing. …
Read More »Gabe Newell clarifies class action clause
Head at Valve, Gabe Newell, has expanded on the initial official statement regarding the company's Terms of Service that forced players to agree that they could not take out a class action lawsuit against Valve; apparently it's because lawyers suck. This all came out as part of a 4Chan visit …
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