Text 8625, 85 rader
Skriven 2005-12-04 12:18:12 av Gary Britt (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 8621 av Mike '/m' (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Buried in Real's EULA for RealPlayer 10.5
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From: "Gary Britt" <email@from_Gary_Britt.org>

Number 6 is particularly troublesome.  Another reason to keep uPnp turned off
on the router.

Gary

"Mike '/m'" <mike@barkto.com> wrote in message
news:pp56p15pbs5skqm44cil2islssb84iq5vt@4ax.com...
>
> ...6.  FIREWALL CONFIGURATION.  The Software configures certain firewall
> applications such that the user is not alerted when the Software
> requests or receives data necessary for playback of content over the UDP
> protocol.
>
> 7.  AUTOMATIC COMMUNICATIONS FEATURES.
>
> a)  The Software consists of interactive Internet applications that
> perform a variety of communications over the Internet as part of their
> normal operation.  A number of communications features are automatic and
> are enabled by default. By installing and/or using the Software, you
> consent to the Software's communications features.  Once you log into
> the Software, user information including your user id will be sent in
> communications with RN's servers. This information is used to access
> your regular account, premium content, non-premium content, services,
> features, and other personalized services. RN may match the user id to
> personally identifiable information in order to provide you with
> products, services, and software that you're entitled to and to provide
> you with relevant information. You are responsible for any
> telecommunications or other connectivity charges incurred through use of
> the Software.
>
> b)  Cookies: The Software also allows the use of cookies, similar to an
> Internet browser.  This allows any website to set cookies for you when
> you view any of the website's content through the Software, unless you
> have disabled cookies. If you have disabled cookies, you may be asked to
> login each time you access premium software features and services and
> some Real services may not function properly. To learn more, visit the
> RealNetworks Privacy Policy link on our website at
> http://www.realnetworks.com/company/privacy/index.html.
>
> c)  AutoUpdate: The RealPlayer, using AutoUpdate, automatically
> communicates with RN's servers on the Internet to check for updates to
> RN's and RN partner's software, such as bug fixes, patches, enhanced
> functions, missing plug-ins and new versions. AutoUpdate also has the
> capability to run independently of RealPlayer to perform background
> update checks. RN may download updates during the background checks,
> when RealPlayer automatically communicates with RN's servers, when you
> manually check for updates, or when RealPlayer detects a file it does
> not support. AutoUpdate sends information about installed RealNetworks'
> products and components to the servers to determine upgrade
> availability. If you prefer to be notified when an auto-update is
> performed, follow these steps: On the Tools menu, select Preferences,
> AutoUpdate, and then de-select "Automatically download and install
> software updates."
>
> d)  Message Center: The RealPlayer software, using Message Center,
> automatically communicates with RN's servers to check for new important
> messages, including software updates and service bulletins.  Message
> Center can also run independently of RealPlayer to perform background
> message checks. Message Center sends information about installed
> RealNetworks' products and components to the servers to determine
> relevant software update messages. Message Center is set by default to
> check for messages once or twice a week and to display the headline
> portion of such messages when they arrive.  You can change the way
> Message Center displays messages and the frequency with which it checks
> for new ones by following these steps: on the View menu, select 'Message
> Center', then within Message Center, select 'Options', select
> 'Preferences' and set your desired preferences. If you sign up for
> message topics that necessitate a greater frequency than you previously
> selected, your frequency setting may be adjusted to accommodate your
> topic choices.
>
> e)  Secure Content Consumption: The RealPlayer client may be required to
> send statistical data to servers regarding the consumption by an end
> user of content secured using the digital rights management technology
> contained in this Software to protect the integrity of the content
> ("Secure Content"). This communication serves to enable the content
> provider to calculate usage-based royalty amounts needing to be paid to
> owners of such Secure Content ("Secure Content Owners").
>
>  /m

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