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.NET vs J2EE - Put Up OR Shut Up as of April 7, 2002
I had to say I was very impressed by ms on this occasion. reply to k...@REMOVE-THIS-BITdial.pipex.com Whilst I'm not necessarily saying you are in the wrong, is it not a bit unfair to leave your end-user with no way to get support ? Would it not be better to use the retail product ? SNIPPED.

Eula complaint and suggestion
In Australia, a court can overturn a contract if it considers it unfair or if it determines that the consumer didn't understand the contract. Consumer legislation also considers 'fine print' in a contract to be a reason why a contract can be overturned. The EULA is not an easy document to understand.

DVD copying
This white paper is intended to educate the public, but also to serve as a call to arms for consumers who want to fight unfair terms in EULAs. EFF invites people who have been harmed by EULA terms, or who have been threatened with lawsuits for violating terms in EULAs, to contact EFF with their stories.

Refuting Microsoft EULA
Would it surprise you to find out that 'EULA is a contract' is no more than that? In fact, 'Bizbee is an idiot' has a solid foundation unlike anything you have Failure to comply with: Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 Sale of Goods Act 1979 Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 Unfair Terms in Consumer Contract

Half life 2 EULA?
That seems extremely unreasonable, and might be construed a touch unfair under contract law. Nowhere in the EULA does it state that the motherboard can't be upgraded. Quite. And the the Vista EULA was written *after* MS declared a new mb to be a new machine. Why not specify such this in the EULA? Gaz.

OEM Versions of Vista
That's almost on a par with the logic of the OFT who have effectively stated that an unfair, illegal (under EU rules) clause in a contract is perfectly alright if the person agreeing to the contract is aware of it. This particular piece of legislation is being enforced anyway. In my case, I can sell my copy of 3D

Office license and activation?
Then, the user can use this floppy to "self-activate" (ie not call Microsoft) when they reformat and re- install on to the same machine as per EULA. It is unfair to expect Microsoft to just sit around and let people pirate their software. Serious if have a problem with it post a viable solution .

XP Activation again?
Continuing his statement, he said, "Mr. Gates could not be here today, but he wished me to assure the users of, and investors in, Microsoft, that the quality of it's products could not possibly get any worse, even in the face of the clearly biased, and unfair persecution perpetrated by the commission.

Bundling inherently unfair to consumers
Unfortuneatly, Microsoft's licensing agreement can be cumbersome and seem unfair to some yet Microsoft feels they can get away with it. If you don't agree to the EULA, don't use it. I believe you can use one copy to install on a desktop and a laptop, but not one copy on two desktops.

Believe me, you WANT to read this!
If they get dragged into court, they will do whatever is required,...then leave the court and carry on ignoring them. This is the same reason people copy CDs and movies and whatever else....they WILL do what they want to do and the law can get stuffed....if they think the law is stupid or unfair.

OEM CD
As an end user, you must be aware of this, and the EULA is only there so that end users can find out the exact terms under which permission is granted. What you are getting confused with regarding EULA's is the recently tested fact that unfair or illegal terms that are supposedly enforced by EULA's,

Unfair competition?
All they'd have do to is say that the EULA usage terms only apply for commercial or public use. No big deal! Every nuance is a big deal when it gets to a are the underlying reasons, and those reasons are important to know if you want to change things instead of just complain to the heavens that it's unfair.

FTC To Host Spyware Workshop
You on the other hand seem to be on this EULA witchhunt concerning MS. Yet I have noticed that you have never mentioned one other corp. that may violate your specific self-serving rights to how All the OS makers could have done the same thing, yet sat idly by, and now complain that they have unfair competition.

Whats with the EULA for Updates?
Laywers can't assure blizzard that the EULA will hold until its tested clause by clause in court. Further, significant chunks of the EULA are likely not And if the EULA is struck down then there may be widespread ramifications, and they don't want to take the risk. An example of a clause that I beleive is not

Tax Cut software
My point is just this: TTC's EULA is unethical if it attempts to prevent a license owner from selling his property to someone else. Yes, that's one of the issues; but if a developer can make that living ONLY by taking unfair advantage of his customers (as Intuit seems to have begun doing) - then he's a pretty

Incredible FrontPage 2002 End-User License Agreement Restrictions
In the UK a judge may deem a contract, such as a EULA, to be unfair or predjudicial (I believe) in which case it can be voided in part or as a whole... Mind you I guess the best thing to do would be to ring MS and ask them to explain the EULA to you... I believe you can do this, It's a favorite trick of mine when

I cant believe some of you STILL dont get it, MH is NOT detectable
I sent this to the wrong database earlier ...bkoach2 The Office EULA seems unfair to those of us with more than one pc, but no laptop for an allowed second installation, and no business laptop to work from home with. To wit, laptops and pc's are used interchangeably and concurrently these days -- some personal (ie,

Refuting Microsoft EULA
Hmm. Can the EULA be read other than within the game or the game box? Wouldn't that be the old 'shrink wrap license' deal that was found to be unlawful and AFAIK, there have been no rulings regarding an online game EULA. It is not quite the same as a shrink wrap licence, however, I would agree there are

Good news for Botnet spammers and evil hackers - Sony XCP ...
... that basically disavows any knowledge of or liability for any problems whatsoever, and a domination that Ghengis Khan would have dreamt of, is the EULA in it's current form ? But where does fair protection against pirates (professional, not ameteur) end and unfair restriction for legitimate purchasers start ?

EULA
And in the case of shrinkwrap software I suspect that he would probably come up with something not very different to the EULA wording. Going back to the Watford case, as a seller of shrinkwrap software I would probably get nowhere in challenging a EULA as unfair as I write not dissimilar terms into my licences.