Buy a Microsoft consumer product, and you won’t be allowed to join a class action suit against the company, even if you feel you’ve been harmed.  That’s what the fine print on Microsoft’s new end user license agreement (EULA) says.  Last week, Tim Fielden, assistant general counsel for Microsoft announced the details in a Microsoft blog.  Microsoft knew the change wouldn’t go down well, which is why it chose to make the announcement just before Memorial Day weekend, when people are rarely paying attention to the news. Continue reading “Microsoft user agreements now ban class actions”