Time to pay up, give me ur soul

[tiger-SE-R]

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/ ... latestnews

A computer game retailer revealed that it legally owns the souls of thousands of online shoppers, thanks to a clause in the terms and conditions agreed to by online shoppers.

The retailer, British firm GameStation, added the "immortal soul clause" to the contract signed before making any online purchases earlier this month. It states that customers grant the company the right to claim their soul.

"By placing an order via this Web site on the first day of the fourth month of the year 2010 Anno Domini, you agree to grant Us a non transferable option to claim, for now and for ever more, your immortal soul. Should We wish to exercise this option, you agree to surrender your immortal soul, and any claim you may have on it, within 5 (five) working days of receiving written notification from gamesation.co.uk or one of its duly authorised minions."

GameStation's form also points out that "we reserve the right to serve such notice in 6 (six) foot high letters of fire, however we can accept no liability for any loss or damage caused by such an act. If you a) do not believe you have an immortal soul, b) have already given it to another party, or c) do not wish to grant Us such a license, please click the link below to nullify this sub-clause and proceed with your transaction."

The terms of service were updated on April Fool's Day as a gag, but the retailer did so to make a very real point: No one reads the online terms and conditions of shopping, and companies are free to insert whatever language they want into the documents.

While all shoppers during the test were given a simple tick box option to opt out, very few did this, which would have also rewarded them with a £5 voucher, according to news:lite. Due to the number of people who ticked the box, GameStation claims believes as many as 88 percent of people do not read the terms and conditions of a Web site before they make a purchase.

The company noted that it would not be enforcing the ownership rights, and planned to e-mail customers nullifying any claim on their soul.

Suckers....

Looks like Pinhead found a new way to recruit. The box was dated anyway.

[MinisterofDOOM]

I love it when software developers hide crap like that in EULAs.

There was actually a p0rn game developer that released a version of one of its games into torrent channels with a bit inserted into the EULA that had users agree to allow the developer to collect personal information and release it openly. So the dev culled the info and posted it openly on a website. Imagine being exposed publicly as a p0rn-game pirate. :o

[numbnuts240]

lol that's awesome. but consider me guilty as charged for not reading those things. scroll down, click accept.

[AppleBonker]

lol that's awesome. but consider me guilty as charged for not reading those things. scroll down, click accept.

I usually piss people off by reading through things (I sometimes avoid the EULA, though). When I bought my phone, the jackass at AT&T seemed to get very frustrated that I wanted to read the entire contract before signing. He kept trying to explain "what it means" rather than me actually reading it. Never know what's actually there until you read it, so be careful signing your name to that document.

[MinisterofDOOM]

lol that's awesome. but consider me guilty as charged for not reading those things. scroll down, click accept.

Some software has gotten smart and disables the "agree" button until you've scrolled through the whole agreement. That's what microgear scroll wheels are for.
http://www.logitech.com/images/flash/bu ... ar_en.html

[numbnuts240]

i usually grab the scroll bar and zip to the bottom to activate the agree function. certain things i'll read, but it's rare.

[AppleBonker]

lol that's awesome. but consider me guilty as charged for not reading those things. scroll down, click accept.

Some software has gotten smart and disables the "agree" button until you've scrolled through the whole agreement. That's what microgear scroll wheels are for.
http://www.logitech.com/images/flash/bu ... ar_en.html

I have three logitech mouses (pretty sure it's not "mice" when talking about computer peripherals) that have this. One of the greatest inventions for scroll wheels ever.

[D1SR240]

I'm also guilty of not always reading the EULAs, however, it would be pretty funny if this company started requested people's souls.

[Solar_Runner]

I've seen one agreement that would not let you even click accept until 2 minutes counted down. Then the accept box un-grayed and you could click away...

[Travisty]

Some software has gotten smart and disables the "agree" button until you've scrolled through the whole agreement. That's what microgear scroll wheels are for.
http://www.logitech.com/images/flash/bu ... ar_en.html

I have three logitech mouses (pretty sure it's not "mice" when talking about computer peripherals) that have this. One of the greatest inventions for scroll wheels ever.

I have the G9x from my old computer gaming days, probably the coolest mouse ever.

[Space Monkey]

(pretty sure it's not "mice" when talking about computer peripherals) that have this. One of the greatest inventions for scroll wheels ever.

Both are common and there is no right answer. Microsoft would like you to specify "mouse devices" or "pointing devices", but i say mice. Take your pick!