One of Cory Doctorow’s students just started up a blog documenting the incredible small print that we’re subjected to daily. It’s called the Small Print Project and people are invited to post their experiences of dodgy clauses that they’ve noticed. It’s quite bizarre what companies try and impose, this one example from Cory:

Just last week, I had to cancel a speaking engagement at Disney Studios, whose speaker agreement includes a clause in which you promise never to use the word Disney again in an article or story without their written permission (!). This is apparently non-negotiable. [BoingBoing]

I’ve even seen End User Agreements on books even, which is pretty weird and most likely, unenforceable.

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