Selling Your (MMORPG) Soul

Gnpatton writes: "Here is an article about the recent ruling in the Blacksnow/Mythic case. It talks about the EULA (End User Licence Agreement, that thing that you never read) and about how this case might affect the rest of the software industry, not just with game companies. From now on, you might just want to read the EULA before you click 'accept'."

Comments

Huh?

[delta407]

Doesn't everyone read the EULAs?

Re:Huh?

[Anonymous Coward]

Heck, I didn't even read the article, can you give me the jist of it?

Cool idea

[TiBlaze]

Actually, I moderate and wrote a game where you can sell your soul (like a mock stock market)... had my heart rate pacing at about 200 BPM, But as my DSL modem is still fairly idle I think it's safe to assume that Selling your MMORPG soul, is not referring to my game where you can sell your soul (trade) in an online multi-player RPG :-) BTW: if anyone's interested the address is http://www.soulbay.net... if you get a chance take a look :-)

BFD...

[Black Parrot]

Who cares... you haven't been able to get a decent price for a Slashdot account since the karma cap went on.

Modern-Day Rumplestiltskins

[guttentag]

Image [sic] if you were buying a bed and you were asked to sign an agreement first. It stated that someone else actually would own your bed, could watch what you do in it, come over and use your bed when you aren't in it, and sell anything they found out about your activities in your bed, would you be comfortable buying that bed?

Kids these days just don't put as much effort into work as they used to. A lazy salesman attatches an EULA to your bed (or couch, or carpet, or the back seat of your car) stating that anything you make in their bed (or whatever) belongs to them. Back in the old days one had to spin straw into gold to snatch someone's child. You had to work at thievery...

Re:Just get someone else to install it for you.

[Sparr0]

I just amend the EULAs before I agree to them. The companies never agree to the amended versions that I send them but hey, thats not my problem. They agreed to one version, I agreed to another version, neither version was agreed to by both of us. No contract.

imagine

[Anonymous Coward]

if Stallman had put a "thou shall always be calling it GNU/Linux" clause in the Gpl licence - nobody would notice! :)

It's OK

[peterdaly]

I always have someone else click "accept" for me anyway. That way I don't have to agree to the terms. Shared machines are even better, chances are you don't even know the person who clicked accept.

I am only half joking.

-Pete

Simple solution!

[1010011010]

Simple solution: get a 14-year-old to click all the "accept" buttons. Minors cannot be bound by contracts!

Re:Just get someone else to install it for you.

[wo1verin3]

in canada parents are not responsible for a contract regarding a non necessity (ie food, shelter, clothing).

If the kid makes a contract to obtain a necessity (purchases a pizza by delivery), parents are responsible.

If the kid agrees to anything regarding a non necessity (ie video game) parents are not responsible.

The idea being parents have to provide the life necessities, if they are not and the kid has to go out on his own, the parents aren't meeting obligations.

Re:Ouch.

[Anonymous Coward]

You paid $50 dollars and lost $450... sounds like OfficeXP product activation has gone seriously wrong.

dialog box translator virus

[Anonymous Coward]

Any dialog box containing the string EULA would have the bindings of its Yes and No buttons switched.

Re:Software EULA are messed up

[Anonymous Coward]

"For example you can't sell your self into slavery."

Clearly spoken by someone who's never been a graduate student....

Re:Please post EULAs

[Anonymous Brave Guy]

We'd love to, but unfortunately, they're copyrighted, so you have to buy the software in order to read them...

Re:was it on the service or the software?

[NewStarRising]

You choose the Open Bed, that anyone may lay on, and everyone has the right to put clean sheets on! 8o)