Chrizum said:
naznatips said:
Chrizum said:
Honesly, that's not going to work. Imagine someone paying $100 and getting permantly banned the next day. VGChartz could seriously get in legal trouble with stuff like that.
Think about it critically.
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Unfortunately for that person if they already agreed to the terms of service they have no legal backing. I'm aware that it sounds unfair, but your rights on the internet are basically zero. You only have rights to what's in the terms of service of whatever you're using. In fact, you know those terms of service you click through super-fast on any sort of program you download/install? Almost all of those have provisions for removing your access to the software if you break them. If your account is permabanned on World of Warcraft, guess what, you don't get a refund, because you broke the terms of use and they are very explicit on that. Hell, Microsoft's terms of service allow them to brick your $300 360 at will, and Nintendo can do the same to your Wii.
I know you'd like to believe you have enough rights to have a valid suit if such a situation came up, but you really don't. You should start reading terms of service/use sometimes. They are an extremely powerful legal tool.
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There's one wee little difference though. Microsoft, Nintendo and Activision can afford lawsuits. VGChartz can't.
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and what? one crackhead so far has sued Sony (?) for banning them from PSN forever because he has no friends?
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/27/banned-psn-player-appeals-court-decision-sues-sony-again-for-1/
oh wait... Sony's case cost almost 0 in legal fees
As predicted, the judge dismissed his case after determining the First Amendment did not apply to Estavillo's claim.
