February 11, 2016 - I'm Mary Louise Kelly with word that when the zombie apocalypse arrives, Amazon's terms of service will no longer apply. Amazon just released free software for game developers, and deep in the fine print of the terms and conditions, it says that certain provisions can be ignored in the case of, quote, "a widespread viral infection that causes human corpses to reanimate and seem to consume living human flesh."

June 5, 2021 - I'm Mary Louise Kelly with word that when the zombie apocalypse arrives, Amazon's terms of service will no longer apply. Amazon just released free software for game developers, and deep in the fine print of the terms and conditions, it says that certain provisions can be ignored in the case of, quote, "a widespread viral infection that causes human corpses to reanimate and seem to consume living human flesh."

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?

February 10, 2016 - The beauty here is that this is both hilarious and, well, dead-ass serious, legally speaking. Amazon's legal team may be joking now, but there damn well better be the servers and bandwidth to get us back on Netflix when everything on this spinning rock goes down the tubes.

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February 10, 2016 - But being Amazon, it wants to strictly delineate how this engine is to be used.

August 7, 2021 - I'm Mary Louise Kelly with word that when the zombie apocalypse arrives, Amazon's terms of service will no longer apply. Amazon just released free software for game developers, and deep in the fine print of the terms and conditions, it says that certain provisions can be ignored in the case of, quote, "a widespread viral infection that causes human corpses to reanimate and seem to consume living human flesh."

August 13, 2021 - I'm Mary Louise Kelly with word that when the zombie apocalypse arrives, Amazon's terms of service will no longer apply. Amazon just released free software for game developers, and deep in the fine print of the terms and conditions, it says that certain provisions can be ignored in the case of, quote, "a widespread viral infection that causes human corpses to reanimate and seem to consume living human flesh."

November 3, 2021 - I'm Mary Louise Kelly with word that when the zombie apocalypse arrives, Amazon's terms of service will no longer apply. Amazon just released free software for game developers, and deep in the fine print of the terms and conditions, it says that certain provisions can be ignored in the case of, quote, "a widespread viral infection that causes human corpses to reanimate and seem to consume living human flesh."

April 16, 2020 - Training simulations in combating zombies are abundant already, from Last of Us and Left for Dead to 1996’s House of the Dead. Anyone who has watched Shaun of the Dead also knows that a cricket bat to the head is the most effective method of dispatching the undead, a method which needs little training. Either way, the rest of the terms of service for Lumberyard require that it only be used on Amazon’s servers (and there’s no zombie apocalypse exemption there) so if the worst does happen, and Amazon’s servers go offline too, you’ll be out of luck.

March 2, 2018 - If you thought Amazon was focused on home delivery by aerial drones, you could be surprised to learn that an Amazon legal agreement also has a clause anticipating a zombie apocalypse.

April 5, 2021 - I'm Mary Louise Kelly with word that when the zombie apocalypse arrives, Amazon's terms of service will no longer apply. Amazon just released free software for game developers, and deep in the fine print of the terms and conditions, it says that certain provisions can be ignored in the case of, quote, "a widespread viral infection that causes human corpses to reanimate and seem to consume living human flesh."

June 21, 2022 - What does that even mean? And this one “... in the case of a viral infection that causes human corpses to reanimate … and likely to result in the fall of … civilization.” Translation? It means that in the event of a zombie apocalypse, Amazon isn’t going to sue you.

December 11, 2019 - Amazon terms and conditions include an exception for a zombie apocalypse.

November 16, 2021 - I'm Mary Louise Kelly with word that when the zombie apocalypse arrives, Amazon's terms of service will no longer apply. Amazon just released free software for game developers, and deep in the fine print of the terms and conditions, it says that certain provisions can be ignored in the case of, quote, "a widespread viral infection that causes human corpses to reanimate and seem to consume living human flesh."