sent from a mobile device On Dec 9, 2011 2:37 AM, "Al Sutton" <[email protected]> wrote: > > There is no such thing as a "right to refuse service". Users to not have a default right to use any service without entering into an agreement with the service provider, so as long as the refusal to provide a service does not breach any contract or law, a developer is well within their rights to ban users as they wish. > > That's why companies like Google can shut down users AdSense accounts without any notice and not tell you what you've done to be banned from the service let alone providing any proof you have actually done anything wrong,
To date, and unless they have already been in court over the issue, Google only has the ability to discontinue someone's assessed account. Not the "right". It simply does not mater whether it is in the terms of use or not. In order to determine whether they had "the right" or not, their ability must be challenged. Thus "the right" will be decided on a case by case basis by judge/jury/etc. depending on the level of elevation and where you are located. Just because you can, it does not mean you are within your rights. > > and why they can refuse to provide services such as Google Music, and their latest app (Currents) to users who live outside a single country without providing any reason. Refusing service to begin with is different than taking it away. There is also a huge difference between a continued/ongoing service and an extended-use appliance. > > I'm sure we could go around this loop many times, but a lot of people seem to think they have a right of entitlement which they do not. This is true on both sides of the argument. :-) > You can consider a service provider to be pretty dumb to stop a user or users from using their service, but you don't have any rights to force a third party to offer you their work just because you want it. Don't be silly. No one is forcing us to give our programs away if we offer them free. We decided that. But once we give them away, they are no longer ours. We may still have control over them, but our rights to that control becomes a legal issue. I think that is all most people this side of the argument are saying. Cheers, ~Chris > _snip_ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
