RE: Shrinkwrap/boxtop license in NYT

["Rick Anderson" <rickand@unr.edu>]

I actually take a similar approach here at my library -- I have a student
employee sign all of our license agreements.
 
Dang, did I just say that in a public forum?
 
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Rick Anderson
Dir. of Resource Acquisition
Univ. of Nevada, Reno Library
rickand@unr.edu

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From: owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu on behalf of Carter Glass
Sent: Mon 10/3/2005 2:25 PM
To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
Subject: Re: Shrinkwrap/boxtop license in NYT

Back when my daughter was learning her letters, I bought a new PC. I
taught her to understand 'yes', 'no' and 'c:\' .

I had her install all of my software.

This way I was not bound by any of the license agreements...

Maybe we can have small children open all of these packages.


Rick Anderson wrote:

>>Pay attention next time you rip open a cardboard box - you may be
>>entering into a contract without realizing it.
>
> This strikes me as a kind of a misleading lede for a story about a
> decision concerning shrinkwrap licenses that are actually written on the
> _outside_ of the package.  I'm more concerned about license "agreements"
> that can only be read once you've broken the shrinkwrap, and that say
> you're now (surprise!) bound to their terms by virtue of having broken the
> shrinkwrap.
>
> It will be interesting to see what happens if this decision is taken to a
> higher court, given the Ninth Circuit's abysmal record on appeal.