EULAs reproduce the structure of colonial Requerimientos

Evidence

The Requerimientos of our times are known as end-user license agreements (EULA) or statements of rights and responsibilities (SRR). These documents spell out how newly discovered resources and their presumed owners are to be treated by colonizers. … At least according to European law, “opting out” does not meet the requirements for legally valid consent. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 304

Categorization

• XREF: Directly maps to the data colonialism frame this reader is tracking against attention/surveillance schools; the Requerimiento parallel is the core conceptual move of the book.
• DEFINE: Establishes the book’s central analogy: EULA/SRR as the modern Requerimiento, defining the ‘data colonialism’ frame.