Interesting article on EULAs

[DeVry Student]

I was surfing the web today and found a rather interesting article about copanies shoving EULAs down the consumers throats.

http://www.cypherpunks.ca/dell.html

Enjoy it.

 

[pr0nking]

That is crazy I love how the dell people were just like "do it"

 

[Ikerous]

That was retarded.
He put way too much effort into proving a stoopid point.
Just press a key, no cares about eulas.

 

[SupremePain]

kinda creepy and dodgy, but i would not give a poo lol

 

[rpgprog]

its crazy but scary, but i like the support guy, never read EULA's they are long and boring and all say dont pirate it or watev

 

[gh0st]

What if a company added in a little clause that said "you agree to give us your home, your children as slaves, and your car. Keep your ugly wife we dont want her."

Its possible

 

[StardogChampion]

That was retarded.
He put way too much effort into proving a stoopid point.
Just press a key, no cares about eulas.

Yeah, I hate people like him.

Fair enough, he's right, but he hardly needed to go so crazy about it, dumbass. At least he didn't get a Dell in the end, so it worked out OK.

 

[The Dark Elf]

It does seem a bit silly and a waste of effort, they must have been laughing at him.

As for the windows boot menu, isn't that just a simple file on the C drive?

 

[rpgprog]

What if a company added in a little clause that said "you agree to give us your home, your children as slaves, and your car. Keep your ugly wife we dont want her."

Its possible

i believe if that was part of it, that would be illegal. Its not signed, just clicked on. I really doubt it has much weight in a court

 

[Pressure]

I've actually read a few EULAs.

 

[Ikerous]

I've actually read a few EULAs.

They're not nearly as exciting as the name implies are they...
EULA.. its fun to say.

 

[Pressure]

In one of them about 3/4 the way through it was all jibberish. It gave me a good laugh.

 

[Danimal]

I read 2 lines of an EULA and then gave up

 

[Laivasse]

That guy does seem somewhat anal, but so what...when you have EULA's encoded in several layers of legalese, it's good to have a few customers like that, who don't get bored going through hours of pointless phone calls just to give the people responsible a headache.

Regarding the EULA's themselves...I think they're a terribly fishy thing to have. When I buy software, am I supposed to hand over my money and then wait until I get home and am able to check out the EULA until I know if it's agreeable/possible for me to use? When it's such a hassle to get a refund or exchange these days? What a load of old arse...

I've read several times that EULA's are not applicable under UK law due to the Consumer Protection act, but I've never had that actually confirmed. Anyone know?

 

[firemachine69]

EULA's can't go above the law. Many do (without realizing it). Thus making it ENTIRELY null and void (regardless of any clauses saying otherwise).

/go Canada!