They always have been as most here are well aware. But it's still shocking if you actually read them.
Recently I had to re-install Microsoft Visual Library to play a game and noticed it put a limit of $5.00 for any damages whatsoever that might be caused, even if Microsoft knew or should have known they'd happen.
Today, I'm installing a 20 year old game on EA. Here's one clause:
"Your Contributions. In exchange for use of the Software, and to the extent that your contributions through use of the Software give rise to any copyright interest, you hereby grant EA an exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, fully transferable and sub-licensable worldwide right and license to use your contributions in any way and for any purpose in connection with the Software and related goods and services including the rights to reproduce, copy, adapt, modify, perform, display, publish, broadcast, transmit, or otherwise communicate to the public by any means whether now known or unknown and distribute your contributions without any further notice or compensation to you of any kind for the whole duration of protection granted to intellectual property rights by applicable laws and international conventions. You hereby waive any moral rights of paternity, publication, reputation, or attribution with respect to EA’s and other players’ use and enjoyment of such assets in connection with the Software and related goods and services under applicable law. The license grant to EA, and the above waiver of any applicable moral rights, survives any termination of this License. "
Thank goodness I think the courts override some of the excesses - until the lobbying gets that changed. Could they be any more one-sided and inequitable?
Recently I had to re-install Microsoft Visual Library to play a game and noticed it put a limit of $5.00 for any damages whatsoever that might be caused, even if Microsoft knew or should have known they'd happen.
Today, I'm installing a 20 year old game on EA. Here's one clause:
"Your Contributions. In exchange for use of the Software, and to the extent that your contributions through use of the Software give rise to any copyright interest, you hereby grant EA an exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, fully transferable and sub-licensable worldwide right and license to use your contributions in any way and for any purpose in connection with the Software and related goods and services including the rights to reproduce, copy, adapt, modify, perform, display, publish, broadcast, transmit, or otherwise communicate to the public by any means whether now known or unknown and distribute your contributions without any further notice or compensation to you of any kind for the whole duration of protection granted to intellectual property rights by applicable laws and international conventions. You hereby waive any moral rights of paternity, publication, reputation, or attribution with respect to EA’s and other players’ use and enjoyment of such assets in connection with the Software and related goods and services under applicable law. The license grant to EA, and the above waiver of any applicable moral rights, survives any termination of this License. "
Thank goodness I think the courts override some of the excesses - until the lobbying gets that changed. Could they be any more one-sided and inequitable?
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