[nylug-talk] Shrinkwrap Licenses: An Epidemic Of Lawsuits Waiting To Happen (fwd)

[Jay Sulzberger]

On Sat, 3 Feb 2007, Jay Sulzberger wrote:

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>    InformationWeek
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>    Shrinkwrap Licenses: An Epidemic Of Lawsuits Waiting To Happen
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>    We mostly ignore the terms of shrinkwrap and clickwrap licenses, but
>    pretty soon the lawyers are going to come sniffing around, says
>    columnist Cory Doctorow.
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>    By Cory Doctorow,  InformationWeek
>    Feb. 3, 2007
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>    http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197003052
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>    Anybody who bothered to read a clickwrap or shrinkwrap agreement would
>    never install any software, click on any link on the Web, open an
>    account with anyone, or even shop at many retail stores. The terms of
>    these agreements are onerous and ridiculous. We go along with the gag
>    because we think nobody's paying any attention. But somebody's going
>    to start paying attention soon, and when they do, the results will be
>    disastrous for the electronic economy.
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http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/25/reasonableagreemento.html
http://meula.wordpress.com/2007/01/30/master-eula-launched

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http://www.interactionlaw.com

oo--JS.