full-disclosure - Re: Computer Sabotage by Microsoft

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Message-ID: <20030917125129.GA8811@openzaurus.ucw.cz>
From: pavel at ucw.cz (Pavel Machek)
Subject: Re: Computer Sabotage by Microsoft

Hi!

> > 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).

Well, if you happen to be in country where shrink-wrapping is illegal,
it still might be viewed as sabotage.
				Pavel
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				Pavel
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