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How a Disney+ contract led to arguments around a woman鈥檚 death

Terms and Conditions can have strange consequences.

A legal battle has been raging after a woman suffered a severe allergic reaction and died at Disney World Orlando in Florida. The restaurant she ate at isn鈥檛 owned by Disney itself but her husband believes the entertainment giant does have some liability as well and tried to sue the company.

But here鈥檚 the catch - Disney鈥檚 lawyers said he couldn鈥檛 take the company to court because of terms in a Disney+ free trial contract he signed up to years before.

Disney has since backtracked on this argument after the case blew up on social media. But what are we really agreeing to when we tick the box on a terms and conditions document?

Graham Fraser from the 大象传媒鈥檚 tech team takes us through the story at Disney World.

Plus Alex from the What in the World team goes into other weird clauses in contracts you might have signed.

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