Ben Edelman takes a look at the latest version of Claria's end-user license agreement and finds that the latest changes are, not surprisingly, hostile to consumers: Gator's EULA Gone Bad: "In 5,900+ words of text, there's no shortage of space for Gator to describe itself in terms that ordinary users can understand. But a search of the license shows Gator has failed even to mention the words and phrases most users associate with Gator's products."
LawMeme's Jaes Grimmelman writes: Ben Edelman Gives Gator's EULA the Once-Over
This agreement, whether characterized as a "license" to use Gator's copyrighted software or a "contract" between you and Gator, is still a manipulative, low-down, dirty, no-good document.... The reasonable trade at the core of many of these agreements--you can use the software, but don't repackage it and sell it as your own--is going to survive, but under the right circumstances, almost any other term could easily be struck down
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