USA Today
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Amazon wrote a zombie apocalypse clause into its terms of service and here's why
February 10, 2016 - The clause applies in the event of an outbreak likely to result in the fall of civilization.
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Does AWS Contract Have Hidden Zombie Apocalypse Clause? - 3Cloud
July 31, 2023 - In 2016, Amazon Web Services put in an “Easter Egg” (not to mix up holidays) in the cloud Service Level Agreement of a game engine called Lumberyard. As documented within an article from Business Insider, the clause states that “developers can’t use its materials for ‘life-critical or safety-critical systems.” However, the rule can be voided if there is “a widespread viral infection transmitted via bites or contact with bodily fluids.”
FindLaw
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Amazon Waives Terms of Service in Case of Zombie Apocalypse - FindLaw
March 21, 2019 - Amazon's Lumberyard is a free game engine that gives designers a host of orc-killing, mine-crafting, princess-in-the-castle-freeing tools, should they agree to some simple terms of service. And those terms include a hidden zombie clause, relaxing restrictions on Lumberyard should the world be overrun by brain-eating reanimated corpses.
IT Lawyers Brisbane
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Legal advice for the Zombie Apocalypse - IT Lawyers Brisbane
February 25, 2020 - ‘Amazon Lumberyard consists of an engine, integrated development environment, related assets, and tools we make available here or otherwise designate as Lumberyard materials’ · However, broadly speaking this acceptable use clause does not apply to certain scenarios during the Zombie Apocalypse.
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Amazon Prepares For The Zombie Apocalypse | Watermark Consulting
May 14, 2019 - Amazon.com is known for being a very forward-looking business. With all of its innovations (one-click purchase, Kindle e-reader, Alexa virtual assistant, drone-based delivery, etc.) the company engineers the future, seemingly knowing where the marketplace is destined to go — three, five, ten years down the road. Which begs the question: With the inclusion of a “Zombie Apocalypse” clause in Amazon’s Terms of Service — should we all be worried?