Do You Read Licensing Agreements?

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From: bearclaw
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 04:04

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<http://www.pcpitstop.com/spycheck/eula.asp>

From an article by Larry Magid:

"OK, let's be honest. You didn't really read the EULA. How do I know? 
Because hardly anyone does. To prove that point, PC Pitstop included a 
clause in one of its own EULAs that promised anyone who read it, a 
"consideration" including money if they sent a note to an email address 
listed in the EULA. After four months and more than 3,000 downloads, one 
person finally wrote in. That person, by the way, got a check for $1,000 
proving, at least for one person, that it really does pay to read EULAs."

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