@not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-21 day ago! Mastodon new ToS from July 1 has a binding Arbitration waiver* !!rlemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1386arrow-down116
arrow-up1370arrow-down1image! Mastodon new ToS from July 1 has a binding Arbitration waiver* !!rlemmy.blahaj.zone@not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-21 day agomessage-square56fedilink
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minus-squareViatorOmniumlinkfedilinkEnglish11•1 day agoEFF’s lawyers don’t have the legal expertise to help a company based in Germany.
minus-square@neclimdul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish37•1 day agoWith the local law, probably not. With the translating the concerns of open communities like the fediverse and FLOSS into legal terms, most definitely.
minus-squareViatorOmniumlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 day agoThe same legal terms might mean vastly different things in Germany and the US. This is often the case in arbitration and warranty clauses.
minus-square@AstralPath@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish14•1 day agoThat doesn’t negate the value of having them participate in the conversation though.
minus-squareandypiperlinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 day agoPerhaps not, perhaps so, but we do have other folks offering support and we will do what we can to get to a better situation here.
minus-squareOptionallinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 day agoWhat, EFF doesn’t know any German lawyers? I’d imagine they know a few. They have been around for three and a half decades.
EFF’s lawyers don’t have the legal expertise to help a company based in Germany.
With the local law, probably not. With the translating the concerns of open communities like the fediverse and FLOSS into legal terms, most definitely.
The same legal terms might mean vastly different things in Germany and the US. This is often the case in arbitration and warranty clauses.
That doesn’t negate the value of having them participate in the conversation though.
Perhaps not, perhaps so, but we do have other folks offering support and we will do what we can to get to a better situation here.
What, EFF doesn’t know any German lawyers? I’d imagine they know a few. They have been around for three and a half decades.