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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. Re:Question for any (pseudo)lawyers out there... by bnenning · · Score: 4, Informative
    No, perhaps not, but consider this: if you don't consider it binding, you have a cdrom and packaging, but no right to copy the data thereon.


    I don't know how this meme got started, but it's entirely false. See 17 USC 117; it is not a violation of copyright to make a copy of software if doing so is an "essential step" in using it.

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