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...moment’s thought. We click the box and accept the “terms” without pause. What are the actual terms? No one really knows—and, more often than not, no one really cares. But perhaps we should pay more attention to the content of these curious provisos—these End-User License Agreements (EULAs) that accompany most any piece of software. If the new changes to the terms of service of one of America Online (AOL) Inc.’s most popular applications are any indication, it’s easy...
...Twenty years—that is the average length of a Harvard president’s tenure, and that is why our vote today matters,” he said. “If we do not speak clearly, the Corporation and public will believe that we are content...
...Twenty years—that is the average length of a Harvard President’s tenure, and that is why our vote today matters,” he said. “If we do not speak clearly, the Corporation and public will believe that we are content...
...worse, apparently. Consider this gem from the newest version of the terms of service for the AOL Instant Messenger service (AIM): “...by posting Content on an AIM Product, you grant AOL, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, agents and licensees the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right to reproduce, display, perform, distribute, adapt and promote this Content in any medium. You waive any right to privacy...
...find out. AOL has flatly denied in press releases this week that the sections of the agreement quoted above apply to person-to-person communications (and indeed that they log such communications at all), claiming instead that they’re reserving only control over content posted to public forums. That’s pretty creepy as it is, but I also didn’t accept the press release—I accepted the terms of service agreement. And to me, it looks like it would only take a little effort for those terms to be twisted into giving...