News and Views #8: ProCD (End User License Agreements) Friday, Oct 21 2005
Neil Wehneman and News and Views 8:35 pm
In 1996 one of the seminal cases on End User License Agreements was decided by Judge Easterbrook of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals: ProCD v. Zeidenberg. I will walk through that opinion, explaining Judge Easterbrook’s analysis and why I strongly disagree with him. I will also give suggestions on how to limit the general harm to society that comes from enforcing End User License Agreements.
This episode is under “News and Views” as I take a specific position and strongly advocate for that position.
ProCD v. Zeidenberg
Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Tel. Service Co.
The EFF’s coverage of Blizzard v. BNETD
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