“What if the law enforced almost any term a software publisher
specified in a shrink-wrap license?
“The very real prospect of this happening in less than 12 months
has some of the nation’s largest corporations running
scared…”
“… [the new law] lets publishers shut down user software
remotely without a court order. It also can be used to take
publishers off the hook for damages their shrink-wrap software
inflicts on business…”
“Consider, too, the cost if corporate legal departments have to
review every release of every shrink-wrap utility, program or
browser add-on before installation–at $1,000 or even $10,000 per
license…”