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pcdlab

Website: http://www.pcdesignlab.com

Bio: SFF Computer Design, Manufacturing and System Integration

ApplyYourself: in order to send a letter of reference to a university admissions committee, you have to sign our crazy EULA

December 27, 2007 10:08am

While I agree that most EULA's are ridiculous, theirs looks reasonable to me. All it does is protect the service from web outages, loss of data, content provided by the user and any repercussions from using their service beyond their scope. This includes some simple understandable circumstances such as...

-"You can't sue us if you don't get a job."

-"The content you provide doesn't represent us in any way... those are your words... not ours..."

-"We obviously want our site to be up at all times to do good business but we're not liable if our site is down for maintenance, acts of god, problems with our ISP's equipment, etc. when a prospective employer was trying to access your recommendation."

They don't make any attempt to take ownership of the material you submit and they even say that their conditions don't supersede governing laws. Although it would be nice if they guaranteed not to sell your info to marketers.

Unfortunately, companies who provide a legitimate and useful service like this need to protect themselves from being put out of business by fighting frivolous lawsuits. All things considered, I think they could beef it up a little.

So ya know... you don't have to go from 0 to Fahk! in 0.4 seconds every time you see the word "EULA".

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