Netscape loses privacy battle
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on October 2, 2002 at 2:43:20 PM
This gives more power to the user than before. This case has set a precedent that the 'click-wrap licenses' will not be used. A few more of these and a large software company will be in even more trouble.
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"A reasonably prudent Internet user in circumstances such as these would not have known or learned of the existence of the licensing terms before responding to defendants' invitation to download the free software," the judges wrote.
Monday's decision could undermine the enforcement of online pacts, sometimes known as click-wrap licenses, and could lead companies to rethink the use of agreements that customers are not required to actively click on.