• Verdorrterpunkt@feddit.org
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    11 months ago

    How the fuck is it not punishable to write stuff into those contracts that contradict the law (obv. i mean this past a certain company size). Like for real.

    Edit: Typo

    • herrvogel@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I don’t know what the exact agreement here is, but such things are very often not enforceable. You can’t have someone sign their rights away. You can have them sign the document, but that document will be worthless in court and will not be respected. Those are more to scare people and discourage them from suing the company.

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        11 months ago

        not enforceable

        I mean sure, but writing agreements that contradict the law, at least in some of the more egregious cases, should really be actively punishable.

        Those are more to scare people and discourage them from suing the company.

        And this is why.

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      I’m not exactly sure that it DOES contradict the law, which is the problem.

      My hope for this case is that it sets the precident of crushing their bullshit terms of forced arbitration before this happens again and deems terms like these unenforcable. To date, I’m not aware of anyone challenging this in court - meanwhile every company in the country is adding terms like these to their software agreements. So let’s throw this shit out for good.