Post-purchase EULA modification: Difference between revisions

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Post-purchase End User Licence Agreement (EULA) modification, colloquially referred to as the ~~‘EULA Roofie’~~, is an increasingly common practice whereby the terms that govern a customer’s use of a product are modified after the customer’s purchase of the product. Such changes are frequently impossible for a customer to reject without losing access to the product they paid for, or without losing substantial functionality. In some cases, no ‘reject’ option is given, other than to power off the product, and never use it again, such as in the case of the Roku smart TV [cit needed].

Post-purchase End User Licence Agreement (EULA) modification, colloquially referred to as the ‘[[EULA Roofie]]’, is an increasingly common practice whereby the terms that govern a customer’s use of a product are modified after the customer’s purchase of the product. Such changes are frequently impossible for a customer to reject without losing access to the product they paid for, or without losing substantial functionality. In some cases, no ‘reject’ option is given, other than to power off the product, and never use it again, such as in the case of the Roku smart TV [cit needed].

Such a modification can work in the consumer’s favour (such as in the case of Valve[citation needed] changing the terms of the steam subscriber agreement to remove forced arbitration), or simply serve to clarify or correct specific terms in a way which is reasonable, and does not negatively affect the consumer.

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==== The ‘EULA Roofie’ ====

The use of the colloquial term ~~‘EULA Roofie’~~ stems from comparisons between the practice of post-purchase EULA modification, and the practice of spiking a drink – where consent is sought and given for the consumption of the drink, but not for the consumption of whatever it has been spiked with.

The use of the colloquial term ‘[[EULA Roofie]]’ stems from comparisons between the practice of post-purchase EULA modification, and the practice of spiking a drink – where consent is sought and given for the consumption of the drink, but not for the consumption of whatever it has been spiked with.

== Responses to, and defences used for, Post-purchase EULA modification ==

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Legislative proposals to counteract this trend include...

[[Category:Common Term]]

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-Post-purchase End User Licence Agreement (EULA) modification, colloquially referred to as the ‘EULA Roofie’, is an increasingly common practice whereby the terms that govern a customer’s use of a product are modified after the customer’s purchase of the product. Such changes are frequently impossible for a customer to reject without losing access to the product they paid for, or without losing substantial functionality. In some cases, no ‘reject’ option is given, other than to power off the product, and never use it again, such as in the case of the Roku smart TV [cit needed].
+Post-purchase End User Licence Agreement (EULA) modification, colloquially referred to as the ‘[[EULA Roofie]]’, is an increasingly common practice whereby the terms that govern a customer’s use of a product are modified after the customer’s purchase of the product. Such changes are frequently impossible for a customer to reject without losing access to the product they paid for, or without losing substantial functionality. In some cases, no ‘reject’ option is given, other than to power off the product, and never use it again, such as in the case of the Roku smart TV [cit needed].
 Such a modification can work in the consumer’s favour (such as in the case of Valve[citation needed] changing the terms of the steam subscriber agreement to remove forced arbitration), or simply serve to clarify or correct specific terms in a way which is reasonable, and does not negatively affect the consumer.
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 ==== The ‘EULA Roofie’ ====
-The use of the colloquial term ‘EULA Roofie’ stems from comparisons between the practice of post-purchase EULA modification, and the practice of spiking a drink – where consent is sought and given for the consumption of the drink, but not for the consumption of whatever it has been spiked with.
+The use of the colloquial term ‘[[EULA Roofie]]’ stems from comparisons between the practice of post-purchase EULA modification, and the practice of spiking a drink – where consent is sought and given for the consumption of the drink, but not for the consumption of whatever it has been spiked with.
 == Responses to, and defences used for, Post-purchase EULA modification ==
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 Legislative proposals to counteract this trend include...
+[[Category:Common Term]]