Disappointing. I know that some other companies have this, but for Sony to implement this sort of thing after so many fuck ups by them and STILL not even doing anything about it is just sad. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14948701 At least people individually still have a right to sue Sony over its inability to protect confidential data, but such things are much harder to do when your an individual taking on a multinational corporation.
You can send in a letter to keep you out of those aspects of the EULA. You have 30 days from the time you agree
Things like this piss me off. Though I think I read that some of those clauses won't hold up in court. We should stop letting companies erode our rights.
Nope, those clauses definitely hold up in court. They have in the past 2 years in supreme court rulings. Unfortunately corporations seem to have more rights than individuals. Also most wireless contracts you sign include something like this, many other corporations do as well. It's rather new to gaming though.
Some places this wont hold up, but the US it probably would. I hear in Spain this would be thrown out as it is not possible to sign away your rights.
Ya sorry I only speak for the US. In the US Corporations clearly have more rights than citizens do. It's pretty wack.
When you sign up to things, create yourself an online fake identity. Use an email with a fake name and always sign up with the same name, birth year etc. That way you never forget when you need to re-get a password or what not and its a "security" system. I've started doing that now. I'm using an old address so the postal code/and area code match in case they have one of those verification systems in check.