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bragr • yesterday at 2:47 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

Violating a contract is illegal. It's just not necessarily a crime.


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therealpygon • yesterday at 7:01 PM

> illegal No, it’s not. Liability isn’t legality. There is nothing illegal in violating a ToS, nor is it a crime. Violating a ToS makes you liable under some other terms of that same agreement. That is very different from being “illegal”.

chimeracoder • yesterday at 3:07 PM

> Violating a contract is illegal.

If you have entered into the contract and are even party to it in the first place, which is not clear in this case and is likely going to be one of the questions litigated here.

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pmoriarty • yesterday at 5:55 PM

Are terms of service a contract?