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EULAs More Difficult to Read than Tax Forms

Posted by timothy on from the this-is-not-by-accident dept.

krugdm writes: "Mark Hochhauser has an article over at CNet where he talks about the readability of the legalese used in EULAs and what motivates people to just 'Click to Accept' without reading a word of the agreement. He actually did a readability study where he determined that most EULAs are more difficult to read than a 1040."

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  1. A solution to the problem by The_Shadows · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't even bother with the EULAs. Get a young person ( < 18 ) to install all your software for you. You don't agree to the EULA, and they can't be legally bound. Everybody wins!

    The_Shadows[LTH], out.

  2. Re:There is nothing new there... by tchuladdiass · · Score: 5, Funny
    Actually, I've got a solution for EULAs. I go ahead and click Accept, then I fire off an email to the support line along the lines of "By receiving this email, you accept my modifications to your EULA as follows...", and follow it with my own terms. I follow it up with "By not re-writing your EULA, you affirm that the above exceptions are valid".

    Should be about as valid as their license...

  3. Re:No surprise... by TrumpetPower! · · Score: 4, Funny

    The directions for a bottle of shampoo...are more complex than a 1040!

    ``Lather. Rinse. Repeat.'' Are you sure you've got the right bottle?

    b&

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    All but God can prove this sentence true.