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Article #675Re: Do You Read Licensing Agreements?
From: Rod Speed
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 17:09
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 17:09
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New Leaf <nootka@rogers.com> wrote: > bearclaw@cruller.invalid wrote: >> <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] > > Even if I read the clause about getting money for replying I wouldn't > do it. I'm just too suspicious. Clearly that is mindlessly suspicious.
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