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NY AG Sues Network Associates Over License Terms

Posted by timothy on from the what-sort-of-license-is-viral-again dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "Excite is running an article about how New York is suing McAfee over what it considers a restriction of free speech because McAfee does not allow customers from publishing reviews without prior approval from McAfee. From the article: 'In one instance, Network Associates demanded a retraction of an unfavorable review published in the online and print magazine Network World, citing a clause on its Web site that prohibits product reviews without permission, the lawsuit alleged.'"

6 of 311 comments (clear)

  1. Re:The goverment should regulate EULAs by Floyd+Turbo · · Score: 5, Funny

    No problem. My EULA says that by selling software to me, a company agrees to be bound by my EULA, which also provides that I'm not bound by anything in the company's EULA.

  2. You need my permission also by LM741N · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hereby declare that this comment cannot be moderated down without my express permission :)

  3. Re:The goverment should regulate EULAs by J'raxis · · Score: 2, Funny

    Minor technicalities. Rename your license a Software Vendor License Agreement or something. And include it in the HTTP request when you download their software. About as much chance of someone at the download site seeing that as an end-user having read the complete EULA during an install, right? Click, click, click. :)

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  4. The First Rule of McAffee ... by Ambush_Bug · · Score: 2, Funny

    is don't talk about McAffee.

    The second rule of McAffee is
    don't talk about McAffee.

    ;)

  5. Re:The goverment should regulate EULAs by Anonymous+DWord · · Score: 2, Funny

    Keep your EULA away from my EULA, you sick bastard. And put your tongue back in your mouth.

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  6. How about a "positive" review instead? by TheFlu · · Score: 4, Funny
    Maybe we could all get around this, if NAI wins by posting "positive" reviews instead of negative ones, like this:


    "I use the latest version of McAfee Anti-virus and let me tells you that product is frickin' awesome!!!! It hardly ever catches the latest viruses, in fact it has a 100% success rate of never catching the most current crop of viruses.

    In addition to all the other benefits this incredible product supplies, it also successfully connects to the Internet every morning and sends handy information about my surfing habits and computer configuration back to Network Associates, all without me having to push a single button! Go out and buy McAfee Anti-Virus now, you won't be sorry.    "

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