Nintendo 3DS’ TOS more silly than ever before

A member from the Free Software Foundation has pointed out some absurd terms from the license agreement for the Nintendo 3DS.

Aside from the common TOS that we’ve all known about such as physically opening your 3DS, illegally downloading games and what not, they’ve added a numerous amount of other agreements which will completely blow your mind away. You’ll definitely rethink of what you would do with your 3DS after reading some of those TOS below.

John from the Free Software Foundation,

From reading the Nintendo 3DS Terms of Service, one could be forgiven for thinking that Nintendo is exiting the video game console business and entering the brick-making business.
The 3DS Terms are a perfect storm of
1) Updates will happen automatically without your specific permission any time the device connects to wifi
2) The device will constantly try to connect to wifi
3) Updates will specifically disable devices found to have modified software or unauthorized peripherals.

On top of that, Nintendo claims a license to photos and other user-generated material on the devices — and those things are also automatically uploaded, along with user location data gleaned from wifi network proximity.

DRM prevents users from disabling any of these antifeatures, which is why DefectiveByDesign.org has taken an interest, encouraging people to send cardboard bricks to Nintendo. In the wake of all the Sony PS3 news, is this really the direction Nintendo wants to take things?

Even worst, Nintendo claims a worldwide license of the photos and videos taken with your 3DS camera. Imagine Nokia, Canon or HTC decided to dip their fingers into your photos from your camera or camera phone? Absolutely ridiculous in my books.

Make sure you’re not recording your naughty actions in bed… There is that slim chance it may end up in the internet 1 day.

[PC World via BoingBoing]

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