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Man Finds $1,000 Prize in EULA

Posted by samzenpus on from the read-the-fine-print dept.

bhtooefr writes "When Doug Heckman was installing a PC Pitstop program, he actually read the EULA. In it, he found a clause stating that he could get financial compensation if he e-mailed PC Pitstop. The result: a $1,000 check, and proof that people don't read EULAs (3,000 people before him didn't notice it). The goal of this was to prove that one should read all EULAs, so that one can see if an app is spyware if it is buried in the EULA."

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  1. Yeah Right! by md17 · · Score: 5, Informative


    so that one can see if an app is spyware if it is buried in the EULA

    Because all spyware apps include a EULA with "THIS IS SPYWARE" in big bold letters? People don't read EULA's because they are legal fluff and mean nothing to the average reader. I personally would like to see a standard, simple format for EULA's like credit card companies do with rate disclosures. Otherwise most users have no idea what they have just agreed to.

  2. Re:Reading every EULA? by omahajim · · Score: 5, Informative

    OK, so it took me just a few minutes more to find it (not the slashdot story itself, but the correct subject anyways). I guess you could say 'the karma's in the mail' now?