Re: [PLUG] :Cue:Cat and Intellectual Property

[Leonard Rosenthol <leonardr@lazerware.com>]

At 12:12 AM -0400 9/2/00, Bill Jonas wrote:
> <question type="rhetorical" value="semi">
> So, considering the questionable legality of EULAs and such, and the
> fact that I didn't have to sign any contract to get it, *and* the fact
> that I haven't installed the software (and thereby "agreed" to the
> licensing agreement), am I bound by any terms of use on the device?
> </question>
	Actually, EULA's have been upheld by a number of courts and 
are quite binding - assuming that the company really wants to go 
after you.

	But if you didn't "break the shrinkwrap", therefore agreeing 
to the EULA, you can use the hardware all you want - there is no 
implied license (that I am aware of) there.


Leonard
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