[LINK] 0wning your copyrights

[Kim Holburn]

I don't know, I thought clicking a button was equivalent to "signing"  
a contract?  Isn't that how EULAs work?  And aren't they binding  
contracts, even if you can't read them before you open the packet?

On 2006 Aug 02, at 4:35 PM, Howard Lowndes wrote:
> I wonder how far that would get in the US where transfer of  
> copyright has to be by specific written instrument.  This is one of  
> the key arguments in SCO/IBM and SCO/Novell.
>
> Kim Holburn wrote:
>> Interesting article in the beeb online about websites taking your  
>> copyrights.
>> Fighting sites that hijack rights
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5224146.stm
>> Related links:
>> http://www.troubleshooters.com/passport/offending_material.htm
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/03/30/all_your_data_and_biz/
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