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Fast Readers? Fast Learners?
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 04 2013 @ 04:07 PM EDT
So I went to Popular Mechanics, and SFGate, and the link to the ToS
was in small type, more than four display heights down, at the bottom.
In some places that might be called contributory entrapment.
But while the ToS page did have ALL CAPS SECTIONS disclaiming
liability and disbarring class action, the part about shipping minors
in chains to the colonies has been replaced with a declaration that the
reader understands dense lawyerspeak:

THESE TERMS OF USE ("AGREEMENT") SETS FORTH THE LEGALLY BINDING
TERMS FOR YOUR USE OF THE COVERED SITES. BY ACCESSING OR USING
THE COVERED SITES, YOU ARE ACCEPTING THIS AGREEMENT (ON BEHALF
OF YOURSELF OR THE ENTITY THAT YOU REPRESENT) AND YOU REPRESENT
AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT, AUTHORITY, AND CAPACITY
TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT (ON BEHALF OF YOURSELF OR THE
ENTITY THAT YOU REPRESENT). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT ACCESS AND/OR USE THE
COVERED SITES.

I'm sure that could be construed to block any class of reader
they choose on the day ...

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

But printed newspapers can be read.
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 04 2013 @ 05:10 PM EDT
This seems daft. The kids who can read can access the printed press and get more
detail than what is on-line. For places that actually have actual NEWS papers
that is and not just ad flyers.

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

CFAA Law and the laws of unintended consequences
Authored by: PJ on Thursday, April 04 2013 @ 05:34 PM EDT
Well, the reason sites say things like that is so
parents (or the government) can sue them if the
child reads something inappropriate for kids their
age. There are very strict rules about content for
children that you do not want to mess up about,
as the consequences are real. So people put that
in the TOS to protect themselves from litigation
over the issue, as the defense is that they
told readers the site was for adults only.

That's what I read, but it's been a while, so
research it again, if it matters to you, but at
least you'll know what to research.

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CFAA Law and the laws of unintended consequences
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, April 05 2013 @ 01:50 AM EDT
I guess this would make reporting or investigating copyright-infringing content
illegal, if the site has TOS like datapackrat.com:
"You WILL NOT enter the site if you are acting, either in actual employment
or otherwise, as an agent, lawyer, or representative of companies whose software
or other content may be contained on this site. Persons presently affiliated
with said companies may enter the site provided that they will do so on their
private time, for their private use, and will without exception keep the
knowledge of this site strictly to their private and personal dealings, separate
and unrelated to any dealings they might have with the respective company or
persons acting as representatives thereof.

You are not entering this site seeking material to fuel, begin, or support a
lawsuit or legal action against the site owner on any grounds, and furthermore
you or any company affiliated with you will not seek legal action against the
server/host of this website or the programmer/s whose work is collected on this
site as a result of your viewing or posessing this material, in the present or
at any time in the future. Your viewing and/or downloading of this material is
for private use only, and will not be distributed to individuals for whom
viewing/posessing such material is illegal nor to representatives of the
aforementioned companies for the purpose or possible consequence of legal action
against the site owner or server/host, nor shall you yourself derive any
monetary gain from downloading or posessing the files you may obtain from this
site."

...point this out, and I suspect something changes...

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How do you know if it's a crime before commiting it?
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, April 05 2013 @ 11:33 AM EDT
How do you read the TOS of a site without visiting/using it?

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