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Sunday, June 30, 2002

Diligence, Skepticism, Refusal to Buy

I remember a speech someone gave at Stanford on the EULA for MS PassPort. They disected the the entire agreement and shwed how within it MS claimed ownership and use rights for everything that passed over the network and other insanely stupid clauses. It was hilarious -- except it was very real.

Of course, MS changed the agreement shortly thereafter to something less onerous.

Diligence, Skepticism, Refusal to Buy -- words to live by.

Slashdot | Microsoft Media Player "Security Patch" Changes EULA Big Time.

MobyTurbo writes "In an article on BSD Vault a careful reader posts that in the latest Windows Media Player security patch, the EULA (the "license agreement" you click on) says that you give MS the right to install digital rights management software, and the right to disable any other programs which may circumvent DRM on your computer." --- So if you want your machine secure, you also want microsoft to have free reign on your PC.

[Privacy Digest]



The Internet Isn't Cable TV Redux

We already have the world's best streaming audio/video system -- it's called television. Leave the Internet alone.

AOL's Ultravox set to enhance streaming media services. Europemedia.net Jun 29 2002 7:09PM ET [Moreover - Online portals news]



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