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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 13:53:43 +0200 From: usura@...z.net (Alex de Joode) To: Ansgar Wiechers <bugtraq@...netcobalt.net> Cc: Nicholas Weaver <nweaver@...berkeley.edu>, Stefan Esser <s.esser@...atters.de>, full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com Subject: Re: Computer Sabotage by Microsoft On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 01:13:31AM +0200, Ansgar Wiechers wrote: > On 2003-09-11 Nicholas Weaver wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 08:30:39PM +0200, Stefan Esser composed: > >> well it finally happened. I came back home after work, connected my > >> XBOX to the internet and went into the XBOX-Live menu configuration. > >> Well what happened. The XBOX started automaticly downloading the new > >> crappy XBOX-Live dashboard, which is of course fixed. > >> > >> This is IMHO an act of computer sabotage. I have never allowed MS to > >> modify my dashboard or to auto update my dashboard. > >> > >> Is any lawyer on the list who can point me to the right paragraphs? I > >> do not believe this computer sabotage is legal in any european > >> country. > > > > Read the End User Liscence Agreement that you agreed to with the X-box > > (its probably somewhere in the box). In some european countries EULAs are not valid if the are 'in the box', ie if you could not agree/review them before the purchase. You if you buy the box, but the license is in the box, it has no legal standing in for instance Holland. Cheers, Alex _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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