What Was the Result in the Case Opener in Which

question 34

Multiple Choice

What was the result in the Case Opener in which customers of Apple attempted to disaffirm purchases of game currency by their children?

• A) The court dismissed the lawsuit on the basis that the parents were bound by the Terms of Service and notifications of their original contracts with Apple binding them to future purchases of game currency when their passwords were used.
• B) The court dismissed the lawsuit on the basis that the parents were bound by the Terms of Service and notifications of their original contracts with Apple binding them to future purchases of game currency regardless of whether passwords were used.
• C) The court dismissed the lawsuit on the basis that no contractual agreement was needed in order for the parents to be bound in regard to purchases of game currency so long as their passwords were used.
• D) The court refused to dismiss the lawsuit because no case law was provided to prove that Apple's Terms of Service served as a contract for all subsequent transactions.
• E) The court refused to dismiss the lawsuit because as a matter of law parents cannot be required to contractually agree to future purchases by children that are unapproved by the parents.

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