Fine Print on ISP Contract Can Be Amusing, But Leave Few Rights
Associated Press, April 3, 2008
By Peter Svensson
What's scary, funny and boring at the same time? It could be a bad horror movie. Or it could be the fine print on your Internet service provider's contract. Those documents you agree to -- usually without reading -- ostensibly allow your ISP to watch how you use the Internet, read your e-mail or keep you from visiting sites it deems inappropriate.
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