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58 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1365 (2016-2017)
Forcing Players to Walk the Plank: Why End User Licences Agreements Improperly Control Players' Rights regarding Microtransactions in Video Games

handle is hein.journals/wmlr58 and id is 1407 raw text is: NOTES FORCING PLAYERS TO WALK THE PLANK: WHY END USER LICENSE AGREEMENTS IMPROPERLY CONTROL PLAYERS' RIGHTS REGARDING MICROTRANSACTIONS IN VIDEO GAMES TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ...................................... 1366 I. THE CURRENT LEGAL FRAMEWORK: END USER LICENSE AGREEMENTS .............................. 1373 A. EULA History of Enforceability .................... 1373 B. Enforceability of the League of Legends EULA Based on Current Case Law ............................ 1377 II. THE REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS DOCTRINE ............ 1381 A. History and Development of the Reasonable Expectations D octrine ....................................... 1381 B. The Reasonable Expectations Doctrine Examined in Prior Literature Concerning Video Games ........... 1386 C. The Reasonable Expectations of a League of Legends P layer ......................................... 1387 III. RELIANCE THEORY ................................. 1392 A. History and Development of Reliance Theory and D am ages ...................................... 1392 B. How Scholars Have Argued Reliance Theory in Prior Video Game Literature ........................... 1395 C. Reliance Theory and Purchases of Champions and In-Game Assets in League of Legends ............... 1396 CONCLUSION ......................................... 1399 1365

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