California EULA Lawsuit

Posted by michael on Monday February 10, 2003 @08:48AM from the props dept.

burgburgburg writes "News.com has this story about a California woman suing Microsoft, Symantec and others, seeking class-action status on behalf of all Californians who've bought software including Norton Antivirus 2002, Norton Systemworks and Windows XP Upgrade. She claims that the companies have devised a scheme to sell software licenses without allowing purchasers to review the license prior to sale. She also claims that people who reject the license cannot return the software to the store. She bases this on her rejecting the EULAs for the software mentioned above, going back to CompUSA and being told she couldn't return them because the boxes were opened."

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In Soviet Russia... by kenthorvath · 2003-02-10 09:08 · Score: 1, Offtopic

...the EULA violates YOU!
But seriously, why don't they just print the text of the EULA either on the back of the box in tiny font size 1 print, or else seal the contents of the box in shrink wrap and provide a copy of the EULA between the box and the shrink wrapped product. You could then return the software if the product remained sealed.