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RE: [dvd-discuss] Anti-Spyware Program Targeted By Multimedia Player
- To: "'dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu'" <dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu>
- Subject: RE: [dvd-discuss] Anti-Spyware Program Targeted By Multimedia Player
- From: Richard Hartman <hartman(at)onetouch.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 14:19:14 -0700
- Reply-to: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Sender: owner-dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
If AdAware is not allowed to uninstall the application
bundled with RadLight ... why should RadLight be allowed
to uninstall AdAware? Seems to me the same logic and
protections should apply ...
--
-Richard M. Hartman
hartman@onetouch.com
186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dean Sanchez [mailto:DSanchez@fcci-group.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 6:56 AM
> To: Dvd Discussion Group (E-mail)
> Subject: [dvd-discuss] Anti-Spyware Program Targeted By Multimedia
> Player
>
>
> Slashdot and Newsbytes are reporting a new twist in spyway.
> It's amazing what a company can get away with now under the
> guise of protecting its "intellectual property". Radlight (a
> multimedia player) silently uninstalls the anti-spyware
> program AdAware. Its justification? The EULA states "You
> are not allowed to use any third party program (e.g.,
> Ad-aware) to uninstall application bundled with RadLight.
> Such programs will be removed." Now, this is my definition
> of a viral program - modifying, installing, or uninstalling
> software without notifying me.
>
> http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176075.html
>