omg there goes the neighborhood

[Testin da Cable]

<snip>
www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18002.html
</snip>

and there was me thinking this wasn't allowed

 

[Ch3tan]

Well shaft me with a long pole, thats is just fucking wrong.
Jesus I knew Bill stooped low to eliminate competition and buy the best idea but this? Even the devil would have a hard time topping.

 

[Embattle]

Like to see how they get that pass the Data Protection Act.

 

[Nighty-]

Aye, they do it because no-one reads the pages and pages of TOS. :/

 

[Wij]

Yeh. Read it. I also like the way it followed the "All your XXX are belong to YYY" formula

 

[Ch3tan]

Originally posted by Embattle
Like to see how they get that pass the Data Protection Act.

Its not really that hard is it mate? Should be renamed the transperent, loophole act.

 

[Embattle]

It depends in how they do it.....the DPA is a complicated Act.

I tend not to believe half the shit theregister posts though

 

[Nighty-]

All the acts are lame .. Bill Gates prolly made them

 

[old.Quorthon]

I suspect that any such clauses would actually be unenforceable in a court of law. For example, you are unable to contract yourself or your company out of negligence or losses that might arise from wilful default. I would imagine that this is the same, and that no matter what microsoft might say here, if tested in court it would probably fail. At least this would be the case in England & Ireland, for the states I'm not sure.


Q

 

[Wij]

Hmm. U could be right. Still gives u an idea about M$'s way of thinking tho dunnit

 

[Testin da Cable]

aye it does innit
btw, congrats

 

[Wij]

*GUFF*

 

[Testin da Cable]

the register has some nice updated views on the 'issue'