Comments on: Sony, it’s your intellectual property but it’s not your computer. http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2005/11/17/sony-its-your-intellectual-property-but-its-not-your-computer/ John O'Shea's musings, observations and opinions on anything and everything. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:56:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: amadan http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2005/11/17/sony-its-your-intellectual-property-but-its-not-your-computer/#comment-35 amadan Fri, 18 Nov 2005 13:58:42 +0000 http://www.xlml.com/aehso/?p=178#comment-35 <a href="http://www.Brainwagon.org" rel="nofollow">Brainwagon</a> has another interesting <a href="http://brainwagon.org/archives/2005/11/17/1713/" rel="nofollow">take</a> on thsi subject. Why did it take so long for anti virus companies to spot this? Brainwagon has another interesting take on thsi subject. Why did it take so long for anti virus companies to spot this?

]]> By: amadan http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2005/11/17/sony-its-your-intellectual-property-but-its-not-your-computer/#comment-34 amadan Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:14:00 +0000 http://www.xlml.com/aehso/?p=178#comment-34 aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Sorry, I just despise and loathe EULAs. I feel personally violated when I have to click on a tickbox to "agree" to one. I don't know if the Sony situation will make people aware of the dangers of EULAs. I think people will continue regardless ticking "yes I agree" until some a major court case persuades them otherwise or until they are stung in the tail. Personally I think EULAs should be made illegal. I think that they allow companies to release badly written untested software because they can avoid liability for it. There are not many other industries where you can get away with avoiding liability. I am surprised that someone has not released a virus with a EULA (Ok, some people will say that MS has already done that). Ok, removing EULAs involves lots of other issues but I think general software standards will improve and open source will also benefit. Anyway thats my soap box done :-) aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Sorry, I just despise and loathe EULAs. I feel personally violated when I have to click on a tickbox to “agree” to one. I don’t know if the Sony situation will make people aware of the dangers of EULAs. I think people will continue regardless ticking “yes I agree” until some a major court case persuades them otherwise or until they are stung in the tail.

Personally I think EULAs should be made illegal. I think that they allow companies to release badly written untested software because they can avoid liability for it. There are not many other industries where you can get away with avoiding liability. I am surprised that someone has not released a virus with a EULA (Ok, some people will say that MS has already done that).

Ok, removing EULAs involves lots of other issues but I think general software standards will improve and open source will also benefit. Anyway thats my soap box done :-)

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