On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 1:23 PM, <t...@terralogic.net> wrote: > > Maybe we need a lawyer? We can ask Chris. He's the dean of the faculty of > Law. I've never asked him. > > Apple cannot sign a binding contract with a 13 YO and I cannot either. Apple > however can sell a puter to a 13 YO and they are in contract and she is not.
Contracts do not work that way. They are bi-directional by nature, in fact that is their whole purpose. > > If she hands it to me and asks me to fix it then I fail to understand how > Apple has a contract with me. > > Next if she D/L's Lion and even if she types in the numbers for my VISA then > they still do not have a contract with me. The only law I know which > prohibits this is DMCA style laws and Canada has not yet enacted them but > they are trying! We don't want it. > Ahh, she used your VISA, so you are the one in fact who has a contract with Apple. If you are her guardian they have you there too. Really, if you think you have outsmarted a corporation's legal department you should check with a lawyer with expertise in the relevant field. > Besides which the only reason I can think of for me to D/L lion is so she can > video edit her school project. And NEXT! The only viruses There are many other products (some of them are even FLOSS) that can edit video. <snip> > I think apple will not be able to prevail in a court room. I'm happy to go > there. Court is not a cut and dried process. Why risk it if there is no need to. > > I will tell the judge. I only want my 13 YO to be able to type in the answer > to her geometry questions. If I have to hack the machine to get H/W that > works then so be it! > Good luck with that. IMO there are better solutions out there with a lower risk profile than trying to do something legally questionable. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
