Claims Disney+ T&Cs represent ‘a clear violation of legal regulations’
As anyone whose subscribed to any video streaming service will know all too well, subscription prices tend to increase over time. In fact, in just the past few weeks Netflix and Amazon Prime have both increased their respective monthly subscription rates. It hardly came as a shock, then, when Disney announced recently that it, too, would be upping the subscription prices for its Disney+ streaming service from their aggressive launch levels.
Just because it wasn’t surprising, though, hasn’t stopped a major consumer advice group in Germany from opening legal proceedings against Disney over the Disney+ price rise., the German Verbraucherzentrale Brandenburg Consumer Advocacy Group has initiated legal proceedings against Disney on the grounds that the apparent provision in the Disney+ contract for increasing prices unilaterally and without any restrictions at the expense of customers is ‘a clear violation of the legal regulations’.
on its case against Disney in which it claims that it previously warned the Walt Disney Company about the potential legal issues surrounding the Disney+ price rises, and since the company didn’t respond with any cease and desist orders the VZB has now started proceedings at the Potsdam District Court.
The VZB further explains in its press release that it was prompted to act by a message to its online complaints portal from a Disney+ subscriber upset about the nearly 30% price rise he was now expected to pay for his annual Disney+ subscription.
“With the clause,” says Michele Scherer, VZB’s expert for digital, “the provider reserves the right to change the prices unilaterally and without restrictions. This means that consumers cannot estimate possible price increases when concluding the contract. In our opinion, that is not right.”
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