simple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month 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-square203fedilinkarrow-up11.34Karrow-down124file-text
arrow-up11.32Karrow-down1imageMarvels Rivals requires creators to sign a contract that removes your right to give a negative review in order to access the playtestfiles.catbox.moesimple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square203fedilinkfile-text
On today’s episode of “This shouldn’t be legal”… Source: https://twitter.com/A_Seagull/status/1789468582281400792
minus-squarecaboose2006linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up68arrow-down2·1 month ago“I signed a contract that forbids me from saying anything negative about this game. I am therefore contractually obligated to say nothing”
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThis game doesn’t ruin your entire day by playing it for even a second.
minus-squarevinhill@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month 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.