Thread: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]
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Old 04-05-2008, 15:33   #5651
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Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]
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Originally Posted by Portly_Giraffe View Post
There is a list of relevant source links at http://www.inphormationdesk.org/attributions.htm
Yeah I was thinking maybe using your site as a template would be a good idea, but obviously VM specific.

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Originally Posted by James_Firth View Post
And don't be bullied by misinformation from customer support teams who often unfair clauses in the Ts & Cs that seem to give you no choice.

Typical clauses are "if you do not agree to this change you have x days to respond". No you don't. No court would see your lack of action to be taken as implicit consent. You may want time to seek legal advice. The communication may not have reached you (BT seem to email me via an account they chose to set up that I never read, despite me saying my email address was x@y.com).

Other arguments the ISP may make is that the changes don't significantly alter your arrangement and you as a signatory will not suffer penalty from the new changes. This could be harder to argue about, but I doubt in the current climate of data loss and identity theft that you couldn't successfully argue your case.

Don't be bullied. IANAL.
I think it is safe to say that a change which effects your fundamental human rights and also asks you to wave your rights under criminal law would be classed as a material change in the contract terms and be valid cause to terminate without penalty. And believe me, the last thing VM will want to do is force this issue into court as the resulting media coverage would just alert more people to the change in terms and cause yet another scandal for VM; so they are likely to release you from your contract with limited umming and arring.

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