Fine Print Says Game Store Owns Your Soul

[NormaRegula]

From SlashDot:

"UK games retailer GameStation revealed that it legally owns the souls of thousands of customers, thanks to a clause it secretly added to the online terms and conditions for its website. The 'Immortal Soul Clause' was added as part of an attempt to highlight how few customers read the terms and conditions of an online sale. GameStation claims that 88 percent of customers did not read the clause, which gives legal ownership of the customer's soul over to the UK-based games retailer. The remaining 12 percent of customers however did notice the clause and clicked the relevant opt-out box, netting themselves a £5 GBP gift voucher in the process."


_http://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/04/15/1328210/Fine-Print-Says-Game-Store-Owns-Your-Soul

When one thinks of how distracting and addictive video gaming is, maybe the 'Immortal Soul Clause' isn't so far off the mark.

 

[Andrew M.]

That is awesome, lol. Makes me wonder how much of that 88% actually did find that part and accepted that video games do indeed own their soul, leaving that box unchecked intentionally. I'm sure it'd be fewer than the 12% that did check the box. I can relate, unfortunately, to the people who never read the terms and conditions. It's commonly accepted that reading is "boring" or "it sucks", in otherwords no fun. This is a shame indeed. :( Sometimes it feels like there's only a handful of readers anywhere you go. Big place, big handful; Small place, small handful. Can see how this could be greatly discouraging to some.