First, this is not really an "opt-out" thing. You signed up for service, they just gave you the first month for free.

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"Again, I know what the current law is, I know what I signed up for. This is a debate on about whether corporations should be allowed to have this sort of construct. A free trial is clearly not a free trial if it requires additional action by the end user. A free trial should require addtional action at the end of the trial to continue the service."

And we have given many good reasons why the current law is just:
#1: Some people derive benefit from such offers, namely free service for one month
#2: Your law would harm the far greater number of individuals who wish to keep the service but forget to notify the company they wish to opt-in
#3: The unintended consequences of such open-ended laws are hard to judge and could be devastating for some members of society
#4: A law to prevent such behavior would further complicate the minefield that companies must tread, another trip wire for ordinary Americans to trip over, landing them with fines and perhaps jail
#5: freedom is good in its own right

Reasons why the current law is not just:
#1: it hurt you personally
#2: it harms some other people that forget

[Edited on January 16, 2006 at 4:29 PM. Reason : .,.]

1/16/2006 4:26:36 PM

when you assume the thing you dont like is automatically wrong it is a lot easier to displace blame.

1/16/2006 4:41:05 PM

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"It's like, you claim gravity exists because apples fall and think you have stumbled upon some amazing observation. "

more like, you're sitting here complaining that an apple fell on your head.

[Edited on January 16, 2006 at 5:34 PM. Reason : s]

1/16/2006 5:34:29 PM

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"#4: A law to prevent such behavior would further complicate the minefield that companies must tread, another trip wire for ordinary Americans to trip over, landing them with fines and perhaps jail #5: freedom is good in its own right"

yep. not everything that sucks should be outlawed.

1/16/2006 7:50:02 PM

I have two moderators on my side. woop woop.

1/16/2006 10:58:53 PM

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"A free trial should require addtional action at the end of the trial to continue the service. "

See, that's why it's a THIRTY DAY free trial, not a magical forever free trial where you never pay for anything and they also give you blowjobs.

1/17/2006 11:32:19 AM

i blame cheese

1/18/2006 4:07:19 PM

its a talmudic conspiracy

1/18/2006 4:09:48 PM

you can't prove there is a talmud

i can prove there is cheese

i blame cheese

1/18/2006 4:13:54 PM

tww makes me wanna

bump

bump

1/22/2006 12:33:31 PM