Man Finds $1,000 Prize in EULA

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."

Comments

yea let's make society crazy

[qewl]

And why don't I just go ahead and memorize every end user agreement, warranty information card, and instruction booklet just to be safe?

Re:yea let's make society crazy

[qewl]

Similarly, have you memorized or studied the GPL and BSD license, or do you just have a pretty good idea af what they say?

Re:Reading every EULA?

[Trejkaz]

I think the real problem is that the first thing that comes to mind after hearing the words "PC Pitstop" are "what the hell is that?" I read my EULAs... if I had actually installed such software, I would have won the money. Maybe people who make more useful software should start implementing the same scheme.

Re:Of all the bad luck ...

[John Pliskin]

Damn French.

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Re:The Van Halen brown M&Ms

[advocate_one]

bollox... Van Halen were just a bunch of pretentious assholes... who's to say they didn't put the brown ones back in to avoid having to do the gig... take a look at the facilities, decide they don't like it and pull the stunt to get out of it...