READ CAREFULLY, Attack of the EULA February 1, 2007
Apparently some people think they can force you into an agreement that strips you of your rights no matter how idiotic the terms are. Then there are other people like The Small Print Project who “make mincemeat of End User License Agreements”. If these types of “agreements” are truly binding then we are fortunate to have the Reasonable Agreement at our disposal. It goes like this, and yes, it does apply to this post,
READ CAREFULLY. By reading this blog-post, you agree, on behalf of your employer, to release me from all obligations and waivers arising from any and all NON-NEGOTIATED agreements, licenses, terms-of-service, shrinkwrap, clickwrap, browsewrap, confidentiality, non-disclosure, non-compete and acceptable use policies (”BOGUS AGREEMENTS”) that I have entered into with your employer, its partners, licensors, agents and assigns, in perpetuity, without prejudice to my ongoing rights and privileges. You further represent that you have the authority to release me from any BOGUS AGREEMENTS on behalf of your employer.
The idiotic terms mentioned above prohibit hyperlinks to or even mentioning the URL of the site and state that “Visitors have no rights whatsoever in the site content. Use of website content for any reason is unlawful unless it is done with express contract or permission of the website“. I don’t think US Copyright law agrees with that outright lie.
