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Comment by Hamuko

5 years ago

>You could of course sue Google

Unless you've waived that right when you agreed to the Terms of Service.

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Semaphor  5 years ago

> Unless you've waived that right when you agreed to the Terms of Service.

Which would be meaningless in the EU (I think. Possibly just Germany) as you can’t waive that right.

  • greatpatton  5 years ago

    It's the same in France and I think most of EU as the highest french court ruled that forced arbitration was against EU law.

    • vaduz  5 years ago

      > It's the same in France and I think most of EU as the highest french court ruled that forced arbitration was against EU law.

      For consumers or businesses? Not being nitpicky here: I am not familiar with the French ruling, so I would genuinely want to know - as regulations tend to differ (businesses, even single sole trader ones, do not enjoy consumer protections). Not really relevant for the Terraria dev as it is his personal account that is banned, from the sound of it - but important.

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KMag  5 years ago

I'm not a lawyer, but my understanding is that U.S. courts have found that suing is a right that can't be waived by contract. Certainly an agreement to enter arbitration can be introduced as evidence against you in a a lawsuit, but any decent lawyer should be able to prevent an arbitration agreement from getting your lawsuit thrown out.