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

[Andrew Norton]

On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Reinier Bakels <r.bakels at planet.nl> wrote:
>> 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!)

As I said, the vendors will accept and refund you their cost of
license - something like 45 Euros.

>
> reinier
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