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AWS Terms of Service Offer a Break If Zombie Apocalypse Occurs (windowsitpro.com)

Posted by timothy on from the made-ya-look dept.

v3rgEz writes: Running at over 50 sections and hundreds of subsections, Amazon AWS's terms of service are somewhat exhaustive, but there's one paragraph that might catch your eye. As of yesterday's update, Amazon has added a section that nullifies restrictions on the use of their Lumberyard game platform in the event of a zombie outbreak. Pre-apocalypse, the terms of service prohibit the use of the engine to manage life-or-death situations, but being able to spin up a zombie firefight simulator at a moment's notice might come in handy. You do have to wonder, though: Does Jeff Bezos know something we don't? Lawyers typically don't approve of Easter Eggs in legal documents.

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  1. Is this potentially a "real" legal definition? by the_skywise · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yeah yeah - Not like an actual zombie apocalypse is actually going to happen, but...

    Governments have been running scenarios and "wargames" on "zombie apocalypse" scenarios, disaster type settings and the like. Like "Acts of God" in the old vernacular where random catastrophic events weren't covered has "zombie apocalypse" become an actual quasi-legal term to replace it?

  2. What about the Spanish inquisition? by rednip · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

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  3. Heh Heh by rmdingler · · Score: 3, Interesting
    This smells like the kind of thing you might leave behind if you were departing Amazon, perhaps not on the best of terms.

    It's also possible the employee responsible for the Zombie Inclusion was so bored to tears writing these terms of service he decided to include a gaffe just to see if anyone noticed.

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  4. What's up with lawyers lately? by drew_kime · · Score: 3, Insightful

    First the guy from NewEgg with the best response to a patent troll ever, now this. It's almost like they're becoming ... human.

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  5. Legally speaking, this would be... by mark-t · · Score: 4, Informative

    ... covered under "force majeure".

    Which generally nullifies any contract anyways, at least for the duration of the incident.

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