xkcd Uses Clickthrough EULAs To Eternal Advantage
from the well,-there-we-go dept
And here's a little Friday afternoon fun for you. The latest xkcd comic takes on the issue of automatic end user license agreements that seem so common these days:Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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and XKCD is AWESOME
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What does the EULA have that isent already under copyright?
That and it fails the test for a contract in that it doesnt allow for the "meeting of the minds" test in contract law.
Basicly you cant say, "you have to buy my product before I tell you how you can use it". Add in the fact that only world of warcraft has even taken its EULA into court and actully won a case with it and I honestly just ignore them and default to copyrights, rights of first sale, and sales laws governing my state.
None of those laws say I "you must give your first born to me at sunset on the last day of summer or I own you, your computer, your house and your my slave"
You can read up on it here: http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-1431-m-1-sc-11-legal_requirements_for_a_contract-i
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The only blood these contracts are signed in is from me cutting my hand trying to open the goddamn CD case.
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Cory Doctorow's EULA
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/25/reasonableagreemento.html
It's not as funny, but more useful. If companies can force us into abusive terms, we should be able to do it right back to them.
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