Well, barring the supernatural possibilities when we all die (if such things have meaning) not much.Nimbus said:
Among other things I believe in most countries there are laws dealing with fine print and "agreements" like this, and they tend to be relatively powerless... at least on earth. Though I supposed it does depend on where you are and how good your lawyer is. EULAs tend to mostly come about as an attempt to support other actions. Sort of like how in an earlier discussion about "Dragon Age Origins" being purchused used, I mentioned that I wasn't sure how it would fare legally since it relied in an asterix (defined elsewhere on the package)
to convey details and that could be deemed to be deceptive or easy to miss.
To put things into perspective, some people really are dumb/stupid, but that doesn't give you the right to misdirect or cheat them just because they aren't blessed with much intelligence. It's a touch or go thing, but a lot of otherwise legal dealings have gotten torpedoed due to deceptive practices (though apparently it's becoming harder to do).
I believe some states have also gone so far as to require clear and consise language which can be easily understood by anyone. Meaning that things have to be written at an early high school level tops, as well as limiting the size of contracts and the number of "referances" to other forms and such they can use, specifically because it's fairly unreasonable to force someone to read 15 pages of text and legal disclaimers they might not even understand before they can do something.
One point I will also make about a EULA in most software (I haven't used Game Station so I don't know where it comes up) is that you only get it *AFTER* you've paid money to the company. Meaning that they take your money for a product you probably can't refund (or not easily) and then try and make you agree to things after the fact. Technically for the EULA to mean something, they would have to print it on the box, or make it mandatory for those selling the software to force the sale.
It's been a while, but I've learned a bit about the subject. Albiet a lot of it came from the casinos where I worked (indirectly) due to the paperwork they tried to get people to sign and the occasional need for a security officer to be present to act as a "witness" to a signing.
