[Infowarrior] - EULA required to buy Fuji digital camera

[Richard Forno]

Fuji makes you sign bizarre EULA to buy a camera
Posted by Cory Doctorow, April 2, 2008 12:43 PM | permalink

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/02/fuji-makes-you-sign.html#comments


Edie sez, "I'm in the market for a digital SLR, and found something rather
disturbing. B&H Photo says that to purchase a Fujifilm IS-1 camera, you must
fill out an end user license agreement. Even weirder is the EULA itself: It
asks what 'legitimate business purpose' (their words, not mine) the camera
will be put to. Additionally, if the camera is sold, lost or transfered, you
have to notify Fujifilm. WTF BBQ?"

Apparently, this is one of those infrared see-through-clothes cameras, but
I'm with Edie, WTF?

    INFORMATION ABOUT END USER BUSINESS
    (1) Is End User purchasing a Fujifilm Infrared or Ultraviolet Sensitive
Digital Camera for a legitimate business purpose? _______
    (2) How long has End User been engaged in his/her profession or
business? _________
    (3) Please state End User¹s legitimate business
purpose?________________________________________________
    (4) Has End User presented reseller with recognized forms or
identification for End User and End User¹s business? ___________
    (5) Has End User provided reseller with copies of forms of
identification presented in connection with (3), above? ____________
    (6) Was End User Questionnaire completed at a business location of a Pro
Digital Camera Authorized Reseller? ______________
    (7) Please provide the business address where End User will pick up the
camera listed below_________________________

    By signing this End User Questionnaire, End User certifies that (1) the
subject camera is being purchased by End User for the above stated
legitimate business purpose, (2) End User will make its best efforts to
safeguard the camera from being used by others, and (3) in the event End
User transfers the camera or the camera is lost, stolen or is otherwise no
longer in End User¹s possession, End User will immediately notify Fujifilm
of such event.