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they are generally thought to be, but require litigation- which is a problem for the general population!

corporations have enough money to tie you up in court with lawyers.

People always say this, but are there any real examples of corporations extracting damages from EULA violations?

It was a lot more plausible when it is likely the judge has never clicked past an EULA. Today unless you've dug up some archaic fossil the judge is perfectly familiar with this nonsense so you're in a position where the person who decides what the law is knows EULAs are bullshit nobody reads.

I'd expect a situation like Somerset v Stewart. Mansfield clearly didn't want to rule you can't have slavery because that's going to be extremely disruptive to powerful people - so he suggests they settle and then the case goes away and he isn't called to say anything. But Stewart refuses to settle, apparently nobody could convince him that it's in his best interest - so, OK says Mansfield: fiat justitia, ruat cælum (Justice be done though the heavens fall). Somerset walks free.

Are corporations relying on EULAs smart enough to take the L? I guess we'd see.

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