The law that is. Or at least it seems Disney thinks it is and is acting accordingly.
Disney has claimed a widower whose wife died after suffering a severe allergic reaction at a theme park restaurant cannot sue the company because he had previously signed up for a free one-month trial of its Disney+ streaming service.
Long story short, they seem to think that their terms and conditions for a streaming service means they get to kill your wife later on without consequences. Even the US system which can be pretty outrageous is having trouble swallowing that one.
Piccolo’s lawyers branded Disney’s argument as ‘preposterous’ and said it ‘borders on the surreal’, a court filing obtained by DailyMail.com revealed. His attorneys have also urged the judge to reject the company’s motion to dismiss.
Indeed. Who would have thought a free trial for a streaming service included clauses stopping you from suing for negligence five years later?
’Even the US system which can be pretty outrageous is having trouble swallowing that one.’
I wouldn’t want to bet against it!
Remember, this is the same company that took the position that when it purchased the rights to publish books, it did not purchase the obligation to pay royalties to the author. Moronic legal arguments are a feature, not a bug at Disney
Who would sell rights with no royalties?
No one, that’s the point. When Disney bought Lucasfilm, they acquired the rights to the Star Wars books. Alan Dean Foster, who wrote the original novelization of Star Wars and a couple of other ones, and a few other authors had to sue Disney when Disney simply refused to pay them royalties. A Disney spokesperson, when talking about royalties, was quoted as saying:
“Neither Fox nor Disney have assumed any of these obligations to Mr. Foster, nor did they agree to a separate obligation to do so.”
They tried to get Gina Carano’s lawsuit against them dismissed on the grounds that it breached their first amendment right to free speech. That argument completely ignored the fact that THEY had breached her first amendment right to free speech when they fired her from the Mandalorian. Not only that, they blatantly lied about her, and gave a free pass to Pedro Pascal, who called half of American voters Nazis for supporting Trump. The judge threw their claim out and her lawsuit is proceeding. Hopefully, the widower will get the same result.