On 09/17/2011 09:27 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:
Richmond-
Saturday, September 17, 2011, 10:57:36 AM, you wrote:
If I buy something, surely it it then mine, and I can do whatever I like
with it?
Silly boy. Haven't read EULAs in a while, have you? Here as an example
is a snippet from Microsoft's terms of service:
I have read a few, and generally feel a most unpleasant feeling at the
base of my spine.
"When you purchase software, you are actually purchasing a license to
use the software rather than purchasing the software itself."
or, so as not to play favorites, from Apple's EULA:
"The Products transacted through the Service are licensed, not sold,
to You for use only under the terms of this license"
And they all seem to wobble on about laws in the State of Delaware,
Maryland or California;
none of which are applicable outwith those territories.
Yes....Well.... that is just bullying, and I really wonder when
Microsoft, for the sake of argument, is going to chase the 3 million odd
Bulgarian PCs with Pirate Windows on them, and all the software
subsequently downloaded?
Now; I have a MacMini and a G3 iMac, and they are both running Mac OS
10.4; and, guess what; naughty Richmond has ONLY one DVD with Mac OS
10.4 on it. Is this a crime? No more
than my making a backup for my own use of a DVD movie I own, or the
de-regionised RIP I made of a North American DVD that I bought, so I
could watch it on my bog-normal DVD player here in Bulgaria. As both of
the Macs are mine, and as I am not an octopus, I can only use one of
them at a time, all the end result is that I don't have to strain my
back carting one Mac around with me from home to work and back again.
What is a crime is when I start stealing software, books, underpants and
what-have-you.
What is also a crime is when I start making multiple copies of my DVDs
(whether movies or software) and sell them off my wheelbarrow in the market.
Unfortunately, I come from a good family, and had a good education, so
know the difference between morals, laws and bullying; the first two
don't always coincide, and the last is always wrong.
Bye-the-bye; when my underpants wear out they get converted into
cleaning cloths; I
wonder if this isn't breaking some sort of "change of use" agreement I,
unintentionally
got involved with when I purchased them.
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