User agreements tend to be dry and dense, but some important terms and conditions can be buried in the line after line of legalese.
The agreement for Windows 10, for example, says that the company can disable any pirated games on users’ computers. Apple’s iTunes agreement requires owners to agree not to use the software in “the development, design, manufacture, or production of nuclear, missile, or chemical or biological weapons." And then there’s this explicit user agreement for a recently released Japanese droid: “The policy owner must not perform any sexual act or other indecent behavior.”
The robot, named Pepper, has the ability to read human emotions, hold conversations, move on its own, dance and tell jokes. Priced at $1,650, the initial shipment of 1,000 units of the robot sold out online in 1 minute.
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SoftBank, the mobile phone company that sells the 4-foot robot, warns that any lewd behavior toward Pepper could result in punishment, but failed to mention what punishment an individual might face if he or she violates the user agreement — or how the company would keep tabs on owners’ relations with Pepper.
Customers are also prohibited from tinkering with Pepper’s vocal software to make its voice sexier, company representatives have said. Other odd clauses in the agreement include forbidding owners from using the robot to “harm humans” or from sending out spam emails.
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While there haven’t been any reports of indecent behavior with a Pepper, a man was arrested this month for allegedly attacking a Pepper droid outside of a SoftBank store because he thought store employees offered poor customer service.
