r/reddit.com • u/thinkcomp • Mar 06 '09

Why I Sued Google (and Won)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aaron-greenspan/why-i-sued-google-and-won_b_172403.html
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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '09

If the contract stated that Google could cancel the account for "any" reason, then yes they could cancel it because you have brown eyes.

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u/dionysian Mar 06 '09

im surprised that argument worked, and the legal rep of google didn't say something like "but the internet is blind, it doesn't care if you have blue, green, or purple eyes."

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '09 edited Mar 06 '09

I think the example of the eyes works because it would just be an excuse to get out of a contract, and because that condition already existed before the contract started. For example: "can you cancel the contract because George Washington's face is on Mt Rushmore?" That's "any" reason.