Het tegenstrijdig in deze aanpassing is dat Sharman het verzamelen van deze gegevens, voor gebruikers verbied, echter staat zij dit toe voor haar betalende partner Gator.
9.4.4 GAIN AdServer. Kazaa Media Desktop comes with a software component called the GAIN AdServer, which is provided by the Gator Corporation. The GAIN AdServer software identifies your interests based on some of your computer usage and uses that information to deliver advertising messages to you through the GAIN Network. This software helps keep Kazaa Media Desktop free. The GAIN AdServer is provided pursuant to the Gator Corporation's GAIN Network Privacy Statement and End User License Agreement, [..] which you acknowledge that you have read and accept. If you would like to stop receiving advertisements through the GAIN Network, you will need to remove all GAIN supported software on your computer, including Kazaa Media Desktop, using the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel. [..]
(bron:
End User License Agreement)
Wanneer je bij
Gator gaat checken kom je uit, bij één van de grootste
Datamining corperaties ter wereld.
Die oa de volgende data verzamelt.
Here's what we do know...
While we don't know the identity of GAIN-Supported Software users, the GAIN AdServer and TGC collect and use the following kinds of anonymous information:
- Some of the Web pages viewed
- The amount of time spent at some Web sites
- Response to GAIN Ads
- Standard web log information (excluding IP Addresses) and system settings
- What software is on the personal computer
- First name, country, city, and five digit ZIP code
- Non-personally identifiable information on Web pages and forms
- Software usage characteristics and preferences
(bron:
Privacy Statement)
Aan de ene kant probeert Sharman nu via een uitbreiding van haar EULA, Brein, RIAA en consorten, juridisch te stoppen.
Aan de andere kant staat zij, in dezelfde EULA, toe dat haar partner Gator, deze data wel verzamelt.
Ik vermoed dat de rechter al daarom deze huidige EULA constructie niet zal accepteren. En dat de RIAA, helaas haar huidige opsporingsmethode zal mogen handhaven.