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Examples Of Questionable EULAs?

[ News ] Posted by Cliff on 14:13 9th June, 2000 from the do-your-part-to-abolish-bad-laws dept. Vergil Bushnell approached me with a wonderful opportunity. He writes: "I'm an e-commerce policy analyst working for the Consumer Project on Technology, a research and advocacy organization founded by Ralph Nader. I spend much of my time working to oppose UCITA. I'm trying to collect examples of particularly egregious shrinkwrap and clickwrap license "agreement" clauses to better illustrate the potential repercussions of the UCITA. I would like to ask Slashdot readers to contribute examples of such clauses -- especially those that seek to prevent benchmarks/ criticism, allow software licensors to harvest confidential data about consumers and their activities, and permit remote termination and/or the existence of "backdoors" in software. So if you've ever had a problem with the language of a particular EULA, and you are worried about the notion of the UCITA now is your chance to do your small part in trying to get the law changed. Read on...

"Egregious EULA clauses posted as the result of this 'Ask Slashdot' will be verified and posted on CPT's UCITA Web site -- (giving credit to the "discoverer") for all to see.

Please accompany your postings with a brief description of how you discovered the EULA (if downloaded, include the URL of the relevant Web site), the date you found the EULA, and (if you wish to receive credit for finding the EULA) your name."

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