7500 Gamers Sell Their Souls to GameStation

[Samurai Goomba]

HA!

Thats great.

But it also scares me. What if someone decided to do something like this for real? By law they would be in the clear...

Scary thought.

No they wouldn't. Just because they wrote it on a piece of paper and you did something they claim means you "signed" it does not mean it is legal. For example, you cannot sign a piece of paper that gives somebody the right to discriminate against you on the basis of your cultural background or skin color, because civil rights laws already exist which trump any stupid rules some company makes up. In this case, your right to liberty would take precedence over a sneaky "soul owning" clause.

So it's really just a funny joke.

Actually... that's not true. If you willingly signed an agreement to be discriminated against, then it would be perfectly legal for the other party to discriminate against you. Regarding solely yourself, you can make any agreement you sam hill please.

Besides, there's no laws regarding soul ownership. And even if you did sign an agreement giving your soul away, what would that mean in practical terms?

Nonetheless, this is still just a funny joke.

I'm almost 100% certain you can't be legally held to agreements made which violate your Constitutional Rights. You could voluntarily decide to allow yourself to be discriminated against, but you couldn't legally be required to allow yourself to be discriminated against just because you wrote "yes" on a piece of paper. It absolutely would not hold up in court.

And it's not even that. It's a click of a mouse. Electronic signature my butt.

 

[Bloodeye]

Ha! Epic sense of humor.

 

[Hexenwolf]

No they wouldn't. Just because they wrote it on a piece of paper and you did something they claim means you "signed" it does not mean it is legal. For example, you cannot sign a piece of paper that gives somebody the right to discriminate against you on the basis of your cultural background or skin color, because civil rights laws already exist which trump any stupid rules some company makes up. In this case, your right to liberty would take precedence over a sneaky "soul owning" clause.

So it's really just a funny joke.

Actually... that's not true. If you willingly signed an agreement to be discriminated against, then it would be perfectly legal for the other party to discriminate against you. Regarding solely yourself, you can make any agreement you sam hill please.

Besides, there's no laws regarding soul ownership. And even if you did sign an agreement giving your soul away, what would that mean in practical terms?

Nonetheless, this is still just a funny joke.

I'm almost 100% certain you can't be legally held to agreements made which violate your Constitutional Rights. You could voluntarily decide to allow yourself to be discriminated against, but you couldn't legally be required to allow yourself to be discriminated against just because you wrote "yes" on a piece of paper. It absolutely would not hold up in court.

And it's not even that. It's a click of a mouse. Electronic signature my butt.

I agree about the electronic signatures, they're pretty sketchy simply because it's incredibly hard to conclusively prove who exactly clicked the mouse, but paper contracts are a different story.

A proper legal contract, that is, one willingly signed by both parties and witnessed by 2 or more people (preferably with at least on of the witnesses being a notary public) is absolutely binding. As long as you don't muck around with anyone else's civil rights, you can screw yourself over with a contract as much as you want.

I think the key point here is this line that you said: "... you couldn't legally be required to allow yourself ..." That is true, but an EULA isn't a requirement. It's a requirement to purchase whatever it is you're buying, but it's not a requirement. You can simply say "changed my mind, not going to buy it." They're not forcing you to do anything.

 

[lockeslylcrit]

That's pretty hilarious. And even better since the 12% who DID read it got something tangible out of it (besides ownership of their own souls).

 

[Riobux]

Gamestation is so lovable...

Unlike that...GAME which is only down the road.

 

[Master10K]

Damn, I wish this April Fool's joke was found earlier. ^_^

 

[lee1287]

i prefer GAME. even though there run by the same guys. Bastards.

 

[Bluebacon]

That's genius! It's a good job I already bought my brother-in-law's soul for £5. Always have a back up plan, that's my philosophy.

 

[TerribleAssassin]

And this my freinds,, is why you should always read the T&C

[small] at least on April Fools [/small]

 

[King of the Sandbox]

I sold my soul for a ride home once.

I can also let you get the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus for cheap, if anyone's lookin'.

 

[Riobux]

On a related note, I'm using a Gameplay built in Instant Messenger Help-Line to talk to someone called Lucifer to ask if they can import games.

Edit

Not even the devil can trade my soul for a copy of Demon's Souls.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

That's actually really funny. It's about time somebody tried something like this.

 

[Silent Eagle]

If you were in control of that company,would you release those souls..?

 

[Sir_Tor]

Awesome, just plain awesomness! It's good to know they can make something funny about that boring wall of text.

Though it worries me. Couldn't they put in like "We own all you money and income for the next 5 years." in there? I better start reading those!

 

[the idiot computer]

I own the manager of my local Gamestation soul.

OT:I gotta try this!!

 

[DancePuppets]

That's a pretty awesome April fools, wish I'd been buying a game then and noticed the opt out clause, a fiver is not to be sniffed at.

 

[Dogstile]

And my family/friends make fun of me for reading every part of the EULA.

Also:

I will willingly sell my soul for the low low sum of £1000 a week for the rest of my life, and I have to live to 40.

[small]I also get my soul back upon death[/small]

That's not a sale, that's a rental.

That's why the renting part was in small print. Its satire, i'm making fun of the way company's word things.

 

[Mray3460]

And my family/friends make fun of me for reading every part of the EULA.

Also:

I will willingly sell my soul for the low low sum of £1000 a week for the rest of my life, and I have to live to 40.

[small]I also get my soul back upon death[/small]

That's not a sale, that's a rental.

That's why the renting part was in small print. Its satire, i'm making fun of the way company's word things.

Ah, okay...little too subtle for me. But, then again, I don't usually think "satire" when I read something online. Thanks for clarifying.

 

[IrirshTerrorist]

I think Gamestation should claim all the souls owed to it and force them to right out by hand the terms and conditions for the rest of their natural lives... People will start reading T&Cs then won't they