CNN Uses P2P Video & Adds Terrible EULA

Futurepower(R) writes "CNN's use of software called Octoshape presents an incredibly abusive EULA. If you agree to the EULA, you agree that CNN can use your bandwidth, and that you will pay any costs. Also, you lose the right to monitor your own network traffic. You can't even use information collected by your own firewall. Quoting the EULA: 'You may not collect any information about communication in the network of computers that are operating the Software or about the other users of the Software by monitoring, interdicting or intercepting any process of the Software. Octoshape recognizes that firewalls and anti-virus applications can collect such information, in which case you not are allowed to use or distribute such information.' "

Comments

Is an EULA an eulogy?

[LordWoody]

Has anyone else notice the coincidental (?!) connection in sound and appearance of "EULA" and "eulogy"?

From Wikipedia: A eulogy is a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, especially one recently deceased or retired.

So a EULA would then be a death speech for the software or device for which it is written. ...We think this is great software, but now due to this EULA, it's dead (or at least we are going to make it that way)...

Re:shit, I already broke the EULA.....

[Ranzear]

Candlejack does it to keep up the lege