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Why terms and conditions really do matter...

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A friend of mine forwarded me a link to the terms and conditions agreement for an affiliate program. She was considering signing up for the program, but a specific paragraph put her off. So, she asked a fairly simple question: ?Does this sound kosher to you??

As it turned out, the bit of tortured legalese pretty obviously wasn?t written by or for a company that operates adult entertainment websites. How could I tell? It includes a term effectively prohibiting adult entertainment websites from sending traffic.

Brilliant, right? What?s next ? launching an affiliate program promoting a site that sells books, but that also prohibits its advertising affiliates sending traffic from their book-review sites?

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Got to love those cut and paste legally binding terms!

Or one hell of a loop hole to terminate accounts as one likes...

love the title. but hey, companies need a reason to be able to terminate the account and keep affliate earnings. any reason, but as long as its in there, their ass is covered

You are over thinking it - Unlike them when they cut and paste those T&Cs...

It's called a called a ''contract of adhesion'' and is very common on the internet. I have never heard of a contract without a severability clause -- the whole contract could be nullified in court if there is no severability clause -- that's why it is included in the contract's covenants.

Lots of businesses exclude any relationships with adult content websites so that is nothing new.

Contracts of adhesion are take-it-or-leave-it, there is no negotiated alternative. Not withstanding ''unconscionable,'' contracts of adhesion are binding -- just walk away if the terms offered suck ...

send me cash and i will terminate you lateR: )

It's called clickbait. It's LAJ's new thing.

I have no ad impressions, I know, I will post spurious shit to get people to ynot.

Hustler's T&C prohibits affiliates from using any of the Hustler trademarks in source code. It's silly considering all their affiliate links contain the Hustler trademark.

Yup... another reason why you should take the time to read the T&C on every contract. :thumbsup

bump for jay!

That's kinda crazy. ;)