Vista's EULA Product Activation Worries
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| Mark Rasch looks at the license agreement for Windows Vista and how its
| product activation component, which can disable operation of the computer,
| may be like walking on thin ice.
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| "Does the Microsoft EULA adequately tell you what will happen if you
| don't activate the product or if you can't establish that it is
| genuine? Well, not exactly. It does tell you that some parts of the
| product won't work - but it also ambiguously says that the product
| itself won't work. Moreover, it allows Microsoft, through fine print
| in a generally unread and non negotiable agreement, to create an
| opportunity for economic extortion."
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http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/423
Similar dilemma when it comes to proprietary data formats, DRM, TC, etc. The
computer controls and manipulates the user.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_reversal
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