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Re: Computer Sabotage by Microsoft


From: Pavel Machek <pavel () ucw cz>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 14:51:30 +0200

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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