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posted by Dopefish on Monday February 24 2014, @09:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the don't-click-ok-to-accept-the-eula dept.

andrew writes:

"Alternet.org reports recent updates to terms of conditions for Bank of Americas cell phone app and Capital Ones new credit card contract have given banks unsettling new abilities. These privileges include the authority to access to your phone microphone and camera or even showing up at your workplace and home unannounced at any time.

From the the article:

We're witnessing a new era of fascism, where corporations are creating intrusive and over-bearing terms and conditions that customers click to agree to without even reading.

As a result, corporations in America have acquired king-like power, while we're the poor serfs that must abide by their every rule or else."

 
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  • (Score: 2) by dmc on Monday February 24 2014, @11:27PM

    by dmc (188) on Monday February 24 2014, @11:27PM (#6278)

    On (2) I would prefer to keep the existing

    "The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way."

    instead of the suggested

    "You can edit, remix, and transform a work under a free culture license however you want, and share those remixed copies as freely as the original. For example, you can build upon the original by making translations, mashups, fanfiction, and any other kind of derivative work you want, and share those remixed works freely, or even sell them. (This is why ND-licensed work isn't considered a Free Cultural Work.)

    I haven't spent a lot of time considering the legal language there, but I worry someone could take a several paragraph commentary, change 2 or 3 words completely changing the meaning, and pass it off as their own (even with no such transferrence of freedom by license on their copy).

    I think if it must be changed from slashdot's traditional "comments owned by poster", then I'd prefer something like the CC that involves attribution or the like. Dunno, further thoughts and debate invited...

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