Re: Do You Read Licensing Agreements?

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From: Jack F. Twist
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 04:18

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<bearclaw@cruller.invalid> wrote in message news:bearclaw-5439B8.23042902072006@news.supernews.com...
> <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."
>
> [...more]

That's not at all surprising.  Except for two states which have
passed UCITA legislation (Virginia and Maryland) EULAs
don't mean much in the U.S.  No wonder no one bothers
reading them.

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