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This is the last music until I'll release the album! Man, I'm so excited. This is a tribal music, half just tribal randomness and undefined drop, half House/Bounce. Enjoy. http://youtu.be/czXFa6FM8_k Listen on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/c24dubstep/c24-agahu

When you download a program, you usually have to accept the EULA, and if you don't you can't use the software. The EULA terms vary tremendously, ranging from "This software is free; use it as you like" to an open-source licence (like the GPL), to a giant "PLEASE READ THIS LICENSE CAREFULLY" agreement. Eventually, you'll just start clicking "I agree" out of habit, much like when using Windows Vista with UAC turned on. Every now and then when I'm board, I will get out the manual to one of my video game and proceed to read it, from the start to the back. If I'm really board, I'll read the usage agreement (word of advice: never do this. It will make you more board than when you started. ). Well, the other night, I was semi-board, and I had been looking under my bed for something and had pulled my video game box to the edge. I opened it, pulled out the manual to LEGO Indiana Jones 2, and flipped straight to the EULA (I've read the other part more than I care to). I started to skim the EULA (skipping the ALL CAPS section), when I saw some terms that I'm not so sure I agree to anymore. After reading a bit more, I found out what I'm supposed to do if I do not agree with them. In this post, I'm going to quote some of these interesting terms (I still agree to some of them; I haven't broken them all), and will (humorously) explain, to my knowledge, what they exactly mean. (If you want to look at the EULA yourself, it is located in the program files as EULA_US.rtf.) Your eyes are probably glazed over by now. Let's look more closely at these terms, shall we? • I cannot, other than by installing the game, copy the entire contents of the disc to my PC (that means I can't make an ISO), and I have to run it from the DVD (translation: there is no disc-less version). • I cannot create something based on the game (what, I can't even make a fan fiction referencing the story line?) • I cannot create nor share unauthorized levels (what is an unauthorized level? A level built with the level editor? Then why did you even allow it to be added in the first place? Maybe that's why you coded folder paths into the level builder's save files.) • I cannot extract the .DAT files containing the game files, nor can I try to uncover what formats that used for the code, 3D models, audio, FX, or anything they did not use but was added anyway. Confusing legal talk here, and I must send a letter (U.S Postal Service) to LucasArts telling them that I'm planning on extracting the .DAT files and modding the game. • I can, at any time, not agree to this EULA by getting rid of the game and deleting any related files to it (including videos/screenshots?). • The EULA will automatically be null and void if I break any of the rules set out in it, and I must (here's the kicker) destroy (not delete, not throw away destroy (2 ton Anvil! ) the game and anything related to it (my computer! ), and I must do it according to the local law regarding disposal of electronics. However, the EULA will remain in effect (it just contradicted itself!) After all this, I'm not so sure if I agree to this EULA or not. Yes, I want to play LIJ2, but I also want to mod it. I guess the question is, Do You Agree?