You better watch out, you better not… It’s the Disney Christmas World Special, and as noted between the Mickey-ears below, you’ve just consented to the use of your likeness and voice — don’t even think about calling your agent (and nevermind if you can’t read but already star in diaper commercials)!

The sign says, “If you do not wish to appear in the filming, please stay clear of the area. By entering this area you grant the producers of the footage the right to use footage of your likeness and your voice.”

So you might want to consider throwing down and trademarking your likeness before popping into Disneyland.

(Thanks, Cory)

Lowpoints: As a teacher teaching near DC, I sometimes attend workshops at the Kennedy Center, and at one they had a photographer taking pictures. The waiver signed by all the other teachers (presumably literate people) granted the KC exclusive rights to use my image, likeness and person for any and all uses, in all media throughout the universe for all eternity, including future media not yet invented.

Highpoints: The sheer comic value of a roomful of educators granting an arts center the right to clone them.

Readers: please comment and feel free to contribute your own tale of EULA/waiver/consent astonishment via email or this form.

Thanks for taking interest in the Small Print Project. We’re off to a great start as many e-mails and forms have been streaming in!

The inaugural ‘EULA of the Week’ comes from the RockQuest Climbing Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. “Not just a Rock Gym,” the site advertises — according to their waiver (PDF) (available via a prominent link at the bottom left of the home page), they’ll laugh when you fall and laugh harder should you dare blame anybody (or thing) except your own stupid self.

The real kicker comes near the bottom of the form — and correct me if you’ve come across this before. After promising not to sue RockQuest or its employees and volunteers, you guarantee to refund their attorney’s fees should any be incurred as a result of your participation on RockQuest’s ever-unpredictable indoor rock-climbing walls.

The nature of a ‘EULA’ and similar agreements/passive consent, etc and the surreptitious disclaimers within are not unique to digital products & services. As one reader noted, it goes all the way back to carny tickets if not further. Keep ‘em coming — submit via:e-mail | anon. form. More examples here.