[pp.int.general] MicrosoftDraftsConsumersInFightAgainstSoftware Piracy: Carrot And Stick

[Reinier Bakels]

>I think that also brings us to the issue of not being able to read the EULA 
>until after you buy the computer or program.
>
> MS and EOMs have been keeping this little fact under tight wraps.

I recall that lawyers argued that "shrinkwrap licences" and similar 
constructs have a questionable validity. Consent must be explicit. Needless 
to say, if the licence is invalid, another problem is to get that accepted 
by the vendor. The price of my netbook (sw+hw) was not much more than the 
hourly fee of an attorney. (NO! I am not saying that Windows ought to be 
more expensive!)

reinier