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				 Re: OT: AOL Claims Property on AIM Messages 
 Here's a question for you: If Person A writes a progam that essentially invisibly uses Person B's service, but doesn't include a notice that you also need to go and agree to Person B's terms for that service, and incidentally bypasses B's notification methods, Person C installs it, runs it, and uses (via proxy - the program) Person B's service, is Person C bound to B's terms?  C was not notified at any point of B's terms; there was no reasonable way for C to even be aware of B's terms.  Likewise, however, there is no reasonable way for B to know that C is unaware.  Even completely ignoring copyright issues, what happens when C gets a bill from B for services rendered? 
				__________________Of course, by the time I finish this post, it will already be obsolete.  C'est la vie.
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