By reading this column, you agree to send me a check for no less than $25 for the privilege of reading my deathless prose.
Sounds silly, doesn`t it?
Yet thanks in large part to the entertainment industry`s desperate and ultimately futile fight against pirvacy, such ``user agreements`` are becoming both mainstream and oppressive, and are popping up in all sorts of places. It feels like you can`t push a button or play a song without entering into some sort of ``agreement`` for the right to do so. |