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EFF sets sights on abusive EULAs
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| Using a TOS, online service providers can
| dictate their legal relationship with users
| through private contracts, rather than rely
| on the law as written. In the unregulated
| and unpredictable world of the Internet,
| such arrangements often provide the
| necessary ground rules for how various
| online services should be used.
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http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/24/eff-sets-sights-on-a.html
Terms Of (Ab)Use
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| One cannot go online today without
| eventually being asked to accept a set of
| so-called Terms of Service (or TOS)
| agreements. These "terms" are actually
| purported legal contracts between the user
| and the online service provider (websites,
| MMORPGs, communication services, etc.),
| despite the fact that users never get a
| change to negotiate their contents and can
| often be entirely unaware of their
| existence.
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http://www.eff.org/issues/terms-of-abuse
Recent:
EFF sues Obama administration for promised access to secret copyright treaty
documents
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| Rebecca from the Electronic Frontier Foundation sez, "The U.S. government is
| still blocking the release of information about a secret intellectual
| property trade agreement with broad implications for privacy and innovation
| around the world, despite the Obama administration's promises to run a more
| open government. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) could
| establish far-reaching customs regulations over Internet traffic in the guise
| of anti-counterfeiting measures, but no one knows for sure the state of this
| pact, as the government is hiding the details. EFF is calling on the feds to
| change their minds, and will keep fighting this in court."
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http://www.boingboing.net/2009/05/06/eff-sues-obama-admin.html
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