Network Associates Loses Battle to Silence Reviewers

Posted by timothy on Saturday January 18, 2003 @06:02AM from the prior-consent dept.

ajkessel writes "This article from today's New York Times covers a court ruling against Network Associates in a suit brought by the New York State Attorney General to invalidate Network Associate's shrink-wrap clause which states: 'The customer will not publish reviews of this product without prior consent from Network Associates Inc.' Network Associates has vowed to appeal." Reader SlashDotIDOne points to a CNET story which says "Network Associates could be forced to pay $0.50 for every license which included this draconian requirement: 'The customer will not publish reviews of this product without prior consent from Network Associates Inc.'"

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Suck my dick slashbots by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-18 06:49 · Score: -1, Flamebait

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they would have won... by DuctTape · 2003-01-18 07:15 · Score: 0, Flamebait

They would have won if they'd have been Microsoft.

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