If you have a dispute with Paramount+, you must resolve it through private arbitration rather than suing in court, except for certain intellectual property claims.
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Arbitration is a private process that typically favors companies over individual consumers, and it removes your ability to have a judge or jury decide your case in a public courtroom.
The updated terms now require all disputes with Paramount+ to be resolved through binding arbitration rather than court proceedings, and prohibit participation in class action lawsuits. This means individual users cannot join group litigation against the company and must pursue disputes through a private arbitration process, which may be more costly and less transparent than court proceedings. If you disagree with these terms, you should review the full arbitration section before continuing to use the service.
View change record →This high-severity provision eliminates users' right to pursue disputes in court and mandates private arbitration, significantly restricting legal remedies available to consumers.
View full change record →This clause means that if Paramount+ overcharges you, cancels your account incorrectly, or violates your rights, you generally cannot take the company to court and must instead go through a private arbitration process where outcomes are typically final and not easily appealed.
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This Arbitration Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall include any claims brought by or against any third parties, including but not limited to your spouses, heirs, third-party beneficiaries and permitted assigns...
the arbitration provider, National Arbitration and Mediation ("NAM"), shall not accept or administer any demand for arbitration and shall administratively close any arbitration unless the Party bringing such demand for arbitration can certify in writing that the terms...were fully satisfied.
Neither you nor we may elect arbitration of any claims seeking only individualized relief asserted by you or us in small claims court, so long as the action remains in that court and is not removed or appealed de novo...
"YOU AND PARAMOUNT AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE BREACH, TERMINATION, ENFORCEMENT, INTERPRETATION OR VALIDITY THEREOF OR THE USE OF THE SERVICE (COLLECTIVELY, 'DISPUTES') WILL BE SETTLED BY BINDING ARBITRATION, EXCEPT THAT EACH PARTY RETAINS THE RIGHT TO SEEK INJUNCTIVE OR OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO PREVENT THE ACTUAL OR THREATENED INFRINGEMENT, MISAPPROPRIATION OR VIOLATION OF A PARTY'S COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS, TRADE SECRETS, PATENTS, OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.Excerpt from Paramount+'s Terms of Use
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The FTC has increasingly scrutinized mandatory pre-dispute arbitration clauses in consumer contracts under its unfair or deceptive acts or practices authority.
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Arbitration is a private process that typically favors companies over individual consumers, and it removes your ability to have a judge or jury decide your case in a public courtroom.
This clause means that if Paramount+ overcharges you, cancels your account incorrectly, or violates your rights, you generally cannot take the company to court and must instead go through a private arbitration process where outcomes are typically final and not easily appealed.
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