Re: Gory details of EULAs

["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Max, I'll pass this on to the listserve. -Olga

Hyre, Max wrote:

>    Dear Ms. Francois:
>
>    Vital to copyright are the terms one accepts when
> using display software (including such things as editors
> for audio and video), and sometimes for hardware.  The
> Electronic Frontier Foundation has a guide to the
> restrictions vendors try to place on their customers.
>
> 	``They're called End User License Agreements,
> 	or EULAs. Sometimes referred to as "shrinkwrap"
> 	or "click-through" agreements, they are efforts
> 	to bind consumers legally to a number of strict
> 	terms---and yet you never sign your name.
> 	Frequently, you aren't even able to see a EULA
> 	until after you've purchased the item it covers.''
>
>
> 	http://eff.org/wp/eula.php 
>
>
>
>                                    Best wishes,
>
>                                                Max Hyre