[LINK]Dell’sno-nuke notebook

[Rick Welykochy]

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Jonathan wrote:

> Cameron Abbott, IT law partner at Middletons, said if a customer was
> asked to agree to a license they were unable to read, the vendor would
> be on shaky ground in court. ´It is difficult to see how the contractual
> principles of offer and acceptance can apply if I have to accept the
> terms before I can read them,¡ he said.

A interesting test case would be as follows: click on a key to
agree to the non-readable licence. Then distribute some copies of the
underlying operating system software as provided by Dell, or break
some part of the licencing agreement. The fact you could not read the
licence would be a very strong defense of your actions (copyright law aside).
Subsequently, counter sue for damages relating to harrassment and wrongful
litigation.


cheers
rickw



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