UKNM: Terms & Conditions

[Richard Longhurst]

At the risk of posting the most boring message to UKNM since the last time

somebody asked for a breakdown of browser useage, what do people think of the

Terms & Conditions that come attached to so very many Web sites?


Many Web sites that require registration make you tick a "Yes, I've read the

legalese" box, and even the ones that don't have page upon page of bollocks that's

even more tedious than this message. Hi-Revolution, for example, has 2,500 words

of T&C to leer at before you can actually use its time-saving service. Shurely

shome mishtake. Even www.chartsales.co.uk, a site selling nautical maps

fercrissakes, has nigh-on 3,000 words of semi-legal claptrap to acknowledge before

you place an order. And hands up everyone who read the agreement when they

installed IE5 - there's a bit at the bottom that says you have to do karaoke for

Bill's next birthday. Apparently.


Clearly, no bugger's going to read this stuff, so what's it all for? Does it have

any legal standing? Any lawyers on the list? Hello? Anyone there?


Richard (busily finding something better to do)


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