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Music-industry lawyers plan to ask potential jurors in a piracy case whether they read Ars Technica.
"Have you ever read or visited Ars Technica or TorrentFreak?" is one of 40 voir dire questions that plaintiffs propose to ask prospective jurors in their case against Grande Communications, an Internet service provider accused of aiding its customers' piracy, according to a court filing on Friday.
[...] Record-label attorneys also want to ask potential jurors if they "know what a peer-to-peer network is," have "ever downloaded content from any BitTorrent website" such as The Pirate Bay and KickassTorrents, obtained music or video from "any stream-ripping service," been "accused of infringing a copyright," or "ever been a member, contributor or supporter of the Electronic Frontier Foundation."
The full list of questions by each party were made available by TorrentFreak as pdfs:
Have you now, or ever been, a member of the Pirate Party?
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 04 2020, @08:59AM (2 children)
Many years ago when click EULAs were just starting, I wrote my own that said:
"By selling this software/music/film to me and accepting payment you agree that I retain all first sale rights, all rights enshrined in legislation, all common law rights, and that any conditions in any EULA are null and void to the extent permitted by law. If these conditions are not acceptable return all payment plus postage and handling plus a 20% de-stocking fee within 48 hours."
I published it on some website somewhere (don't remember where) and since nobody has ever refunded payments to me, I consider myself not bound by any EULA.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 04 2020, @02:40PM (1 child)
I like the "if you break this seal" variety because I just open the other end.
(Score: 3, Informative) by DannyB on Tuesday February 04 2020, @03:53PM
On a box of
dog foodsoftware:By opening this software, you agree to the EULA which is sealed inside.
On a web site:
You agree to the TOS for this website.
If you wish to read the TOS, click the I AGREE button.
Linus had just come from the desert after coding for 40 days and 40 nights.
Steve Ballmer showed him all the CPUs of the world, in all their splendor, and said:
"All of this I will give to you if you bow down and click I AGREE to my EULA."
The thing about landline phones is that they never get lost. No air tag necessary.