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Comment Re:I would ask them why only 3 days (Score 1) 211

Except it won't be the same game as original SWG. I think GP meant that it will be subject to some of the same disastrous decisions that killed SWG and not the game play. It's already a class lock-in, level based game. That already puts it closer to the NGE version of SWG than it does to the original version. I don't have high hopes for this game. After what George Lucas did to the franchise, along with how SWG was killed, Star Wars is mostly dead to me now.

Comment Re:So what about the OS? (Score 1) 385

no, because the subject of the article lost his license to play the game when he used a external hack program

OK, this is a scary thing. This would effectively allow software vendors to attach copyright infringement penalties to EULA violations. Nevermind if you bought it legally. If you do something that violates the EULA, you have infringed their copyright.

Comment Re:Judges lean towards protecting the little guy . (Score 1) 758

Not quite. Judges often consider reasonableness, public interest and the relative sophistication of both parties. When one party is a company with a legal team and the other party is Joe Consumer judges often lean towards protecting the little guy when the deal is an un-negotiated take-it-or-leave it one.

Except in this case. This ruling by judges is in direct opposition to protecting the little guy. They have ruled that an EULA is enforceable on someone that never even agreed to the EULA.

Comment Re:Customer Service (Score 1) 370

I have all three. This is because T-Mobile has very good service in my area. T-Mobile has very good rates, no extra tethering charges for my BlackBerry, and excellent customer service.*

* To clarify, some T-Mobile stores seem to be going down in the quality of their reps. The last time I was in a T-Mobile store looking for a new headset for my wife, I had to explain to the rep that the headset he handed me had the wrong size connector. However, some T-Mobile stores are run by dealers and not the company. A couple years ago, I was thoroughly impressed by the competence of the reps at a particular store. I found out it was a corporate store. I would have gone there, but it was much farther away and we happened to be across the street from this other one. Every time I've dealt with a T-Mobile direct employee, I've had VERY good service.

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