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Submission + - Post on Myspace - get a brick through your window

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xfletch
xfletch writes: "Steve Beall moved to a new job as manager of a chocolate store in the picturesque northern english Industrial town of Barrow in Furness. After a miserable week he posts a comment to his Myspace Blog "Well then what else is there to say about Barrow-in-Furness apart from it's a s**t hole!!". The next thing he knows the local newpaper has picked up his comment and made it headline news, and his store gets smashed up by the locals. I have always said how much I liked Barrow-in-Furness. Really."
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Submission + - Why has Microsoft avoided liability lawsuits?

Submitted by ultimai
ultimai writes: While doing research to start my own computer consultancy business, I ran into errors & omissions liability insurance and how it was a big must for anyone doing any sort of consultancy work. But it also made me ask why Microsoft (or a lot of other software companies) have avoided error liability lawsuits from bugs causing millions in damage? From their reputation as a maker of faulty software, the laws of different jurisdictions, the shaky legal status of EULAs and other such things, hasn't there been ANY high profile lawsuits? Does a few magical sections in their EULA shield them from this type of legal threat? Or do they do something like auto manufacturers with their secret warranty programs?

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