From: Eugene Leitl (eugene.leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Wed May 31 2000 - 19:27:15 MDT
Michael S. Lorrey writes:
> > They're thinking about including the rights to the user's firstborn in
> > the fine print, in their next player version. Since the luser chose
> > not to read it, it's gotta be legal, right?
>
> Failure to read the fine print does not excuse you from the contract.
Even if the fine print is really a *fine* print, and takes up pages,
and is encrypted in legalalalese, and amounts to pawning your soul for
the privilege to run their warez?
Of course, the aftermath is, they've blown their credulity as far as
I'm concerned.
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