On Thursday, September 18, 2003 9:31 AM [GMT+0800], John W. Krahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Subject: What Big Tobacco can learn from Microsoft > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ronald F. Guilmette) > Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.email > > Some fresh Windoze bugs were announced today: > >> http://msnbc-cnet.com.com/2100-1009_3-5074008.html > > > I think that eventually, Big Tobacco is going to catch on to how > Microsoft has been able to totally avoid liability for their products > for all these years... > > > ======================================================================== > Press release: > > DATELINE 9/11/2003 > Raleigh, North Carolina > > In a stunning development on the legal front, Phillip Morris accounced > from its company headquarters today that beginning October 1st, all > individual packs of cigarettes manufactured or distributed by the > company will contain the following ``shrink wrap'' end-user license > agreement: > > LIABILITY DISCLAMER > > BY OPENING THIS PACKAGE, YOU AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND > CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. > > PHILLIP MORRIS, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND DISTRIBUTORS, HEREBY > DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND LIABILITIES FOR ANY AND > ALL DEATH, DISMEMBERMENT, DISABILITY, CRONIC MEDICAL CONDITION, > OR ONGOING MEDICAL TREATMENT THAT MAY ARISE RELATED TO, OR IN > CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT BY ANY PARTY, IN NO > CASE WILL PHILLIP MORRIS, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, OR ITS DISTRIBUTORS > BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR ANY SUCH DEATH, DISMEMBERMENT, DISABILITY, > CRONIC MEDICAL CONDITION, OR ONGOING MEDICAL TREATMENT THAT MAY > ARISE RELATED TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT. > > > VENUE AND CHOICE OF LAW > > THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH > THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND THE PARTIES HERETO > AGREE THAT THE VENUE FOR ANY LEGAL ACTION ARISING OUT OF, OR IN > CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE THE STATE COURTS OF NORTH > CAROLINA, OR THE FEDERAL COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH > CAROLINA. _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
