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==Incidents==

===Automatic opt-in to ToS change===

Movies Anywhere notified users<sup>[''when?'']</sup> of a opt-out change in their [[Terms of Service]] (TOS). As per the email, the user is already opted into a new updated agreement and will be under those conditions effective as of June 12, 2024.

Movies Anywhere notified users<sup>[''when?'']</sup> of an opt-out change in their [[Terms of Service]] (TOS). As per the email, the user is already opted into a new updated agreement and will be under those conditions effective as of June 12, 2024.

[[File:MoviesAnywhere Updated TOS 2024.png|thumb|Emailed TOS from MoviesAnywhere]]

===Impact on consumers===

Unless the account owner manually intervenes, the updated TOS<ref> {{cite web|author= |date= January 17, 2025 |title=Movies anywhere terms of use |url=https://moviesanywhere.com/terms-of-use#binding-arbitration|website=Moviesanywhere|access-date=February 13, 2025}} </ref> will apply and the users will be bound by an arbitration agreement. In addition Movies Anywhere stipulates that "You may not and agree not to redeem an unauthorized, expired, invalid, or used digital code...", thereby allowing the company to remove content which it has deemed to meet that criteria{{citation needed}}. It is worth noting that in 2017 [[Disney]] filled a copyright claim against [[Redbox]] for their service that offered digital codes of their films ~~foor~~ purchase. <ref>{{cite web|author= |date= December 1, 2017 |title= Disney Sues to Block Redbox’s Digital Movie Sales |url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/disney-sues-redbox-digital-movie-downloads-1202627882/ |website=Variety|access-date=February 13, 2025}}</ref>

Unless the account owner manually intervenes, the updated TOS<ref> {{cite web|author= |date= January 17, 2025 |title=Movies anywhere terms of use |url=https://moviesanywhere.com/terms-of-use#binding-arbitration|website=Moviesanywhere|access-date=February 13, 2025}} </ref> will apply and the users will be bound by an arbitration agreement. In addition Movies Anywhere stipulates that "You may not and agree not to redeem an unauthorized, expired, invalid, or used digital code...", thereby allowing the company to remove content which it has deemed to meet that criteria{{citation needed}}. It is worth noting that in 2017 [[Disney]] filled a copyright claim against [[Redbox]] for their service that offered digital codes of their films for purchase. <ref>{{cite web|author= |date= December 1, 2017 |title= Disney Sues to Block Redbox’s Digital Movie Sales |url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/disney-sues-redbox-digital-movie-downloads-1202627882/ |website=Variety|access-date=February 13, 2025}}</ref>

==References==

[[Category:Disney]]

[[Category:~~Entertainment companies~~]]

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 ==Incidents==
 ===Automatic opt-in to ToS change===
-Movies Anywhere notified users<sup>[''when?'']</sup> of a opt-out change in their [[Terms of Service]] (TOS). As per the email, the user is already opted into a new updated agreement and will be under those conditions effective as of June 12, 2024.
+Movies Anywhere notified users<sup>[''when?'']</sup> of an opt-out change in their [[Terms of Service]] (TOS). As per the email, the user is already opted into a new updated agreement and will be under those conditions effective as of June 12, 2024.
 [[File:MoviesAnywhere Updated TOS 2024.png|thumb|Emailed TOS from MoviesAnywhere]]
 ===Impact on consumers===
-Unless the account owner manually intervenes, the updated TOS<ref> {{cite web|author=<!-- not stated --> |date= January 17, 2025  |title=Movies anywhere terms of use |url=https://moviesanywhere.com/terms-of-use#binding-arbitration|website=Moviesanywhere|access-date=February 13, 2025}} </ref> will apply and the users will be bound by an arbitration agreement. In addition Movies Anywhere stipulates that "You may not and agree not to redeem an unauthorized, expired, invalid, or used digital code...", thereby allowing the company to remove content which it has deemed to meet that criteria{{citation needed}}. It is worth noting that in 2017 [[Disney]] filled a copyright claim against [[Redbox]] for their service that offered digital codes of their films foor purchase. <ref>{{cite web|author=<!-- not stated --> |date= December 1, 2017  |title= Disney Sues to Block Redbox’s Digital Movie Sales  |url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/disney-sues-redbox-digital-movie-downloads-1202627882/ |website=Variety|access-date=February 13, 2025}}</ref>
+Unless the account owner manually intervenes, the updated TOS<ref> {{cite web|author=<!-- not stated --> |date= January 17, 2025  |title=Movies anywhere terms of use |url=https://moviesanywhere.com/terms-of-use#binding-arbitration|website=Moviesanywhere|access-date=February 13, 2025}} </ref> will apply and the users will be bound by an arbitration agreement. In addition Movies Anywhere stipulates that "You may not and agree not to redeem an unauthorized, expired, invalid, or used digital code...", thereby allowing the company to remove content which it has deemed to meet that criteria{{citation needed}}. It is worth noting that in 2017 [[Disney]] filled a copyright claim against [[Redbox]] for their service that offered digital codes of their films for purchase. <ref>{{cite web|author=<!-- not stated --> |date= December 1, 2017  |title= Disney Sues to Block Redbox’s Digital Movie Sales  |url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/disney-sues-redbox-digital-movie-downloads-1202627882/ |website=Variety|access-date=February 13, 2025}}</ref>
 ==References==
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+[[Category:Disney]]
-[[Category:Entertainment companies]]