@simple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-22 months agoMarvels Rivals requires creators to sign a contract that removes your right to give a negative review in order to access the playtestfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square197fedilinkarrow-up11.33Karrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11.33Karrow-down1imageMarvels Rivals requires creators to sign a contract that removes your right to give a negative review in order to access the playtestfiles.catbox.moe@simple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-22 months agomessage-square197fedilinkfile-text
On today’s episode of “This shouldn’t be legal”… Source: https://twitter.com/A_Seagull/status/1789468582281400792
minus-square@caboose2006@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish68•2 months ago“I signed a contract that forbids me from saying anything negative about this game. I am therefore contractually obligated to say nothing”
minus-square@explodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 months agoThis game doesn’t ruin your entire day by playing it for even a second.
minus-square@vinhill@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoBy the contract, you couldn’t say anything detrimental about the game, so such a statement would still be forbidden. Whether such a vague limitation on what a content creator can say would hold up in court is a different thing.
“I signed a contract that forbids me from saying anything negative about this game. I am therefore contractually obligated to say nothing”
This game doesn’t ruin your entire day by playing it for even a second.
By the contract, you couldn’t say anything detrimental about the game, so such a statement would still be forbidden. Whether such a vague limitation on what a content creator can say would hold up in court is a different thing.