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From: bearbottoms on 23 Feb 2010 15:40 On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:57:52 -0500, Karla <karlark(a)NEVERcomcast.net> said: > Mine works great! Why would I care about this??? Ditto. I've used mine for three years without a glitch. It is just a great virtually free phone you can take with you and use anywhere in the world where you have an internet connection. It's just a phone ....sheesh. -- BearBottoms
From: Gordon on 23 Feb 2010 15:46 On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:34:07 +0000, Gordon wrote: > MagicJack (recently promoted by a poster in this group who whinged that > it wouldn't work under Linux) just lost a defamation lawsuit that it > filed against Boing Boing. The judge dismissed its case and ordered it > to pay more than $50,000 in legal costs. From the EULA. "You also understand and agree that use of the magicJack device and Software will include advertisements and that these advertisements are necessary for the magicJack device to work ... Our computers may analyze the phone numbers you call in order to improve the relevance of the ads" .... Any claims, legal proceeding or litigation arising in connection with the magicJack device or Software will be resolved by binding arbitration ... in Palm Beach, Florida." Gordon -- ox·y·mo·ron n. pl. ox·y·mo·ra or ox·y·mo·rons A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in Microsoft Security, Microsoft Help and Microsoft Works.
From: David H. Lipman on 23 Feb 2010 16:15 From: "No Spam" <nospam(a)nospam.nospam> | In article <hm18js01f0l(a)news3.newsguy.com> | "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote: >>From: "Karla" <karlark(a)NEVERcomcast.net> >>| On 23 Feb 2010 15:34:07 GMT, Gordon wrote: >>>> MagicJack (recently promoted by a poster in this group who whinged that >>>> it wouldn't work under Linux) just lost a defamation lawsuit that it >>>> filed against Boing Boing. The judge dismissed its case and ordered it to >>>> pay more than $50,000 in legal costs. >>>> http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/23/magicjack-dials-wron.html >>>> Including info on MagicJacks dodgy EULA. >>>> Regards >>>> Gordon >>| Mine works great! Why would I care about this??? >>You shouldn't do business with a company performing shady business practices. | So they lost a case because of one judge's opinion, and they became | performing shady business practices? | You don't have the facts, and you are only listening to one sided story. | I sure hope that you would never serve on a jury. >>This was a *good* warning. | If you believe that, then I have this nice bridge in Brooklyn to sell to | you. Tell that to the Florida State's Attorney General. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
From: Karla on 23 Feb 2010 18:09 On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:00:09 -0500, David H. Lipman wrote: > From: "Karla" <karlark(a)NEVERcomcast.net> > >| On 23 Feb 2010 15:34:07 GMT, Gordon wrote: > >>> MagicJack (recently promoted by a poster in this group who whinged that >>> it wouldn't work under Linux) just lost a defamation lawsuit that it >>> filed against Boing Boing. The judge dismissed its case and ordered it to >>> pay more than $50,000 in legal costs. > >>> http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/23/magicjack-dials-wron.html > >>> Including info on MagicJacks dodgy EULA. > >>> Regards >>> Gordon > >| Mine works great! Why would I care about this??? > > You shouldn't do business with a company performing shady business practices. > > This was a *good* warning. You mean like Microsoft??? Who makes Outlook? -- http://tr.im/25wq
From: David H. Lipman on 23 Feb 2010 18:15
From: "Karla" <karlark(a)NEVERcomcast.net> | On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:00:09 -0500, David H. Lipman wrote: >> From: "Karla" <karlark(a)NEVERcomcast.net> >>| On 23 Feb 2010 15:34:07 GMT, Gordon wrote: >>>> MagicJack (recently promoted by a poster in this group who whinged that >>>> it wouldn't work under Linux) just lost a defamation lawsuit that it >>>> filed against Boing Boing. The judge dismissed its case and ordered it to >>>> pay more than $50,000 in legal costs. >>>> http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/23/magicjack-dials-wron.html >>>> Including info on MagicJacks dodgy EULA. >>>> Regards >>>> Gordon >>| Mine works great! Why would I care about this??? >> You shouldn't do business with a company performing shady business practices. >> This was a *good* warning. | You mean like Microsoft??? Who makes Outlook? LOL :-) Yes, some of Microsoft's practices are *bad*. However they aren't like Magic Jack. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |