Professor Michael Geist on Vista's Fine Print

Posted by Hemos on Monday January 29, 2007 @04:35AM from the peering-into-the-dark-legal-innards dept.

Russell McOrmond writes "With Microsoft's Vista set to hit stores tomorrow, Michael Geist's weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) looks at the legal and technical fine print behind the operating system upgrade. The article notes that in the name of shielding consumers from computer viruses and protecting copyright owners from potential infringement, Vista seemingly wrestles control of the "user experience" from the user. If you are a Canadian and think that the owner of computers should be in control of what they own, rather than some third party (whether virus authors or the manufacturer/maker), then please sign our Petition to protect Information Technology property rights."

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Re:Important news! by Anonymous Coward · 2007-01-29 05:18 · Score: 0, Offtopic

This is why the kilt was invented. I had porridge this morning, steaming oats in, steaming oats out.
Re:EULA's and click thru's by dsanfte · 2007-01-29 11:42 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Don't promote tobacco on this site please. Mentioning the names is the same as doing so. Those products don't need more mindshare.

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