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For all those who hate EULAs...
I heard about this on todays episode of Buzz Out Loud: http://www.cnet.com/8301-11455_1-10166940-10.html
Its a nice trick and I'm not a lawyer but i think the way it was done you would still be agreeing to the EULA. Especially since the cat was "coerced and rewarded" into agreeing not you. Also you are using it not the cat. I guess its good that VO forces us to agree each and every time we play.
Its a nice trick and I'm not a lawyer but i think the way it was done you would still be agreeing to the EULA. Especially since the cat was "coerced and rewarded" into agreeing not you. Also you are using it not the cat. I guess its good that VO forces us to agree each and every time we play.
That's sort of like saying someone forces you to give them money before departing from their store with the goods for sale there.
Nobody's forced to do anything here: you're presented with a choice between agreeing or foregoing what is offered in exchange for your agreement.
Nobody's forced to do anything here: you're presented with a choice between agreeing or foregoing what is offered in exchange for your agreement.
Is a cat able to choose (in a legally binding sense) in the US? Because over here, animals are not entitled to make such choices (and cannot inherit, either, due to them not being a 'person' in the legal sense), and thus the argument that 'the cat did it' would be utter hogwash.
Just wondering, semi-seriously.
Just wondering, semi-seriously.
Tosh: the point wouldn't be that the cat chose--only that the human did not choose.
Its a non issue anyway unless the cat was planning on using the program. If the human never used the program then i guess it could be argued that he is not responsible for it. But since the cat isn't going to use the program but the human is they agree to thew eula.
I might be wrong here but isn't consent of the EULA implied. If i go to a friends house and use his copy of photoshop, isn't my use an implied acceptance of the eula anmyway?
I might be wrong here but isn't consent of the EULA implied. If i go to a friends house and use his copy of photoshop, isn't my use an implied acceptance of the eula anmyway?
It depends.
Those two words are why attorneys make money.
Yay Capitalism!
Yay Capitalism!
They're not even our words. Those two words are implicit at the end of every law ever written.
Wait, the law says X . . . when does the law apply?
It depends . . .
Wait, the law says X . . . when does the law apply?
It depends . . .
I was going to write a lengthy post about 'It depends', but I decided not to (aren't you lucky). Just wanted to say: We say it, too... and yes, it means that the customer probably has to pay more money (but that depends, too).
But, thanks for the clarification. I guess the rest of the work is making the judge see it your way.
But, thanks for the clarification. I guess the rest of the work is making the judge see it your way.