[liedra]

I wrote my PhD on this, actually, but focussed more on EULAs as a case study (though they're much the same thing), looking at whether the consent given is actually "informed consent" from an ethical point of view. Unsurprisingly, it's not. :)

If you're curious and want to read through my PhD I put it up on my website at http://liedra.net/thesis/

Toward the end of my thesis (final chapter) I give some suggestions on how to improve the user interface of EULAs to make them more ethical, but I've had some issues trying to actually make this a reality (stuck in post-docs for now, and haven't been able to break through the academic funding barrier as yet :( ). When I'm further in the academic world I'll have another go, but if anyone's working on this I'd be happy to lend my experience too ;D