http://techliberation.com/2008/11/07/more-on-shrink-wrap-contracts/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2008/11/07/more-on-shrink-wrap-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-74319 The validity of end-user license agreements redux | Copyfascism Watch Sat, 06 Aug 2011 05:45:03 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=13923#comment-74319 <p>[...] I have been reading The Technology Liberation Front (libertarians critiquing developments in the fields of the internet and technology) and came across Tim Lee’s repost of the popular webcomic XKCD regarding End-User License Agreements (EULA) with a question, “Legally enforceable?” [...]</p> [...] I have been reading The Technology Liberation Front (libertarians critiquing developments in the fields of the internet and technology) and came across Tim Lee’s repost of the popular webcomic XKCD regarding End-User License Agreements (EULA) with a question, “Legally enforceable?” [...]

]]> http://techliberation.com/2008/11/07/more-on-shrink-wrap-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-74081 The Validity of End User License Agreements Redux » Jayel Aheram Mon, 27 Jun 2011 05:25:19 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=13923#comment-74081 <p>[...] Content I have been reading The Technology Liberation Front (libertarians critiquing developments in the fields of the internet and technology) and came across Tim Lee’s repost of the popular webcomic XKCD regarding End-User License Agreements (EULA) with a question, “Legally enforceable?” [...]</p> [...] Content I have been reading The Technology Liberation Front (libertarians critiquing developments in the fields of the internet and technology) and came across Tim Lee’s repost of the popular webcomic XKCD regarding End-User License Agreements (EULA) with a question, “Legally enforceable?” [...]

]]> http://techliberation.com/2008/11/07/more-on-shrink-wrap-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-66154 Jayel Aheram Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:32:09 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=13923#comment-66154 <p>I questioned the <a href="http://mises.org/Community/blogs/copyfascism/archive/2008/05/05/eulas-in-the-united-kingdom.aspx" rel="nofollow">validity of EULAs</a> a few months ago and Jeffrey Tucker of the <a href="http://blog.mises.org/archives/008087.asp" rel="nofollow">Mises Blog</a> responded and got quite a bit of responses regarding the matter.<br><br>I do not think it should be legally enforceable. As for whether or not it <i>can</i> be is an entirely different matter. The State's capacity for violent coercion knows no bounds; in the order of things, enforcement of EULAs are a trivial matter to them.</p> I questioned the validity of EULAs a few months ago and Jeffrey Tucker of the Mises Blog responded and got quite a bit of responses regarding the matter.

I do not think it should be legally enforceable. As for whether or not it can be is an entirely different matter. The State's capacity for violent coercion knows no bounds; in the order of things, enforcement of EULAs are a trivial matter to them.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2008/11/07/more-on-shrink-wrap-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-61814 Jayel Aheram Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:32:09 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=13923#comment-61814 <p>I questioned the <a href="http://mises.org/Community/blogs/copyfascism/archive/2008/05/05/eulas-in-the-united-kingdom.aspx" rel="nofollow">validity of EULAs</a> a few months ago and Jeffrey Tucker of the <a href="http://blog.mises.org/archives/008087.asp" rel="nofollow">Mises Blog</a> responded and got quite a bit of responses regarding the matter.<br><br>I do not think it should be legally enforceable. As for whether or not it <i>can</i> be is an entirely different matter. The State's capacity for violent coercion knows no bounds; in the order of things, enforcement of EULAs are a trivial matter to them.</p> I questioned the validity of EULAs a few months ago and Jeffrey Tucker of the Mises Blog responded and got quite a bit of responses regarding the matter.

I do not think it should be legally enforceable. As for whether or not it can be is an entirely different matter. The State's capacity for violent coercion knows no bounds; in the order of things, enforcement of EULAs are a trivial matter to them.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2008/11/07/more-on-shrink-wrap-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-56810 Jayel Aheram Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:32:09 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=13923#comment-56810 <p>I questioned the <a href="http://mises.org/Community/blogs/copyfascism/archive/2008/05/05/eulas-in-the-united-kingdom.aspx" rel="nofollow">validity of EULAs</a> a few months ago and Jeffrey Tucker of the <a href="http://blog.mises.org/archives/008087.asp" rel="nofollow">Mises Blog</a> responded and got quite a bit of responses regarding the matter.<br><br>I do not think it should be legally enforceable. As for whether or not it <i>can</i> be is an entirely different matter. The State's capacity for violent coercion knows no bounds; in the order of things, enforcement of EULAs are a trivial matter to them.</p> I questioned the validity of EULAs a few months ago and Jeffrey Tucker of the Mises Blog responded and got quite a bit of responses regarding the matter.

I do not think it should be legally enforceable. As for whether or not it can be is an entirely different matter. The State's capacity for violent coercion knows no bounds; in the order of things, enforcement of EULAs are a trivial matter to them.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2008/11/07/more-on-shrink-wrap-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-56580 Steve R. Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:04:40 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=13923#comment-56580 <p>Courtesy of Miles Barnett who posted this link at TechDirt" <a <a href="http://href=%22http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/25/reasonableagreemento.html%22%3EReasonableAgreement.org">href="http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/25/reas...</a> - the anti-EULA</a></p> Courtesy of Miles Barnett who posted this link at TechDirt” <a href=”http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/25/reas… – the anti-EULA

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