The Small Print Project                                       

The New Yorker can already be happy that the majority of their subscribers reside well outside Gotham City but apparently that’s not enough. If you receive The Complete New Yorker on DVD, a collection of 9 DVDs with all material dating back to the 1920s, someone’s gonna find out about your 1930’s Broadway fetish and they’ll also know where you live. I think I’d prefer the safe hilarity of the hardcover Rejection Collection.

Said Vern:

I received a copy of The Complete New Yorker on DVD (all issues of the
magazine going back to the 1920s). To actually view the material, you
have to install a reader. No problem, I thought – until I actually read
the (very long) license agreement that it asks users to accept, including:

7. Collection of Viewing Information. You acknowledge that you
are aware of and consent to the collection of your viewing information
during your use of the Software and/or Content. Viewing information
may include, without limitation, the time spent viewing specific
pages, the order in which pages are viewed, the time of day pages
are accessed, IP address and user ID. This viewing information
may be linked to personally identifiable information, such as name
or address and shared with third parties.

Of course, there’s no indication of this sort of requirement/limitation
on the packaging.

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