UK Report Slams EULAs

draevil writes "Britain's National Consumer Council has completed an investigation into the practice of software End User License Agreements(EULAs) with the conclusion that many consumers are signing away their legal rights and agreeing to unfair terms, which they could never have scrutinized before purchase. The report also acknowledges that even if the EULA were available prior to purchase, it would be unreasonable to expect an average consumer to understand the terms to which they were agreeing. Here are the full report (PDF) and a summary." The NCC recommends that the European Commission bring softwre licenses under the same consumer protections that apply to other products in the EU.

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In general, it is legally acceptable to abuse.

[Futurepower(R)]

Rich people and organizations are given advantages. In many cases it is entirely legal to take advantage of the average person.

We don't have government for the people, we have government that takes advantage of people. This is especially true of Bush administration, but it has been true of other U.S. administrations and of those in other countries, too.

Just a joke...

[juanillodgn]

http://en.tiraecol.net/modules/comic/comic.php?content_id=74

NFP! (nearly first post :)

FAILjZORS!!

[Anonymous Coward]

And the BaMz4ar

Re:I am not handsome enough to be a lawyer

[Draek]

You know, it's not an option for movies, either. And a $7 ticket for a two-hour movie costs more, hour for hour, than a $60 game you can finish in 20 hours. Would you be willing to claim that it's fair for you to "demo" a movie because the guy who runs the theater won't give you your money back if it's lousy?

Yup. BitTorrent FTW! ;)