return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoDevastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ad campaigns for his Minecraft channel using a company credit card — bill racked up in just three weeks was supposed to be one $20www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square206linkfedilinkarrow-up1640arrow-down114
arrow-up1626arrow-down1external-linkDevastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ad campaigns for his Minecraft channel using a company credit card — bill racked up in just three weeks was supposed to be one $20www.tomshardware.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square206linkfedilink
minus-squarecantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·6 days agoContract law isn’t usually loser pays.
minus-squareJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·6 days agoI don’t understand what you are trying to say.
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·6 days agoThey’re trying to say that losing a contract dispute doesn’t make you liable for ‘all’ of the legal fees, just your own. In some situations the plaintiff can also have the defendant be required to pay their legal fees, this just isn’t one of them.
minus-squareNekoKoneko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoWell…perhaps YouTube’s TOS means you agree to pay such fees, if the father signed the kid up and agreed to them. And a court always has discretion, even if the default is to pay your own fees.
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoThat’s fair, you’re right that there’s more nuance to it and it may be as you say. I just wanted to provide a layman’s explanation for future readers.
Contract law isn’t usually loser pays.
I don’t understand what you are trying to say.
They’re trying to say that losing a contract dispute doesn’t make you liable for ‘all’ of the legal fees, just your own.
In some situations the plaintiff can also have the defendant be required to pay their legal fees, this just isn’t one of them.
Well…perhaps YouTube’s TOS means you agree to pay such fees, if the father signed the kid up and agreed to them. And a court always has discretion, even if the default is to pay your own fees.
That’s fair, you’re right that there’s more nuance to it and it may be as you say. I just wanted to provide a layman’s explanation for future readers.