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Actually - they didn't follow their own T&C[ Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#7)
by Anonymous User on Tue Sep 06, 2005 at 01:15:26 PM PDT

If you re-read the T&C, the $5,000 applies only if you edit and use the letter for tickets other than the one the letter was prepared for. It would seem that you can edit the letter as long as you submit it against the same offense. That said, I'm more disturbed by the $50 you agree to pay if you dispute any credit card charges + the amount of the dispute. That has to violate the Credit card companies merchant agreements, not to mention the federal fair credit act.

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I thought the same thing[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#19)
by Anonymous User on Thu Sep 15, 2005 at 11:35:05 AM PDT

If you read the "Unauthorized use" paragraph, you're right.
20. Unauthorized use. Customer agrees not to copy, edit or modify any material prepared by parkingticket.com for any use other than to submit that paperwork to the respective municipality for the dismissal of a parking ticket for which Customer has paid parkingticket.com in advance. Should Customer copy, edit, modify or otherwise alter paperwork prepared by parkingticket.com for their benefit or the benefit of any other related or unrelated third party and uses that paperwork, or a facsimile thereof, for the purposes of fighting a parking ticket for which they have not paid parkingticket.com, Customer agrees such use would constitute an unauthorized use of parkingticket.com's services.
But then you get to the "Copyright and Intellectual Property Clause".
22. Copyright and Intellectual Property Clause. Customer acknowledges and agrees that all materials prepared by parkingticket.com are the intellectual property of parkingticket.com. Customer further agrees not to copy, edit or otherwise use such property for any purpose whatsoever without express, written and signed authorization by an Officer of parkingticket.com. Should Customer use such intellectual property without such written consent as described above then Customer agrees that parkingticket.com will be entitled to collect a fee from Customer for a minimum of $5,000.00 for each unauthorized use.
Both paragraphs snipped, emphasis is mine. Drew

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So there was no violation of the EULA?[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#23)
by Anonymous User on Wed Oct 26, 2005 at 09:07:41 PM PDT

So what's the buzz?

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