The drifted SCO thread has opened a new arena. "IS there a place for a de facto IP freedom realm"

Monty J. Harder mjharder at gmail.com
Fri Sep 28 11:38:23 CDT 2007


On 9/28/07, Bradley Hook <bhook at kssb.net> wrote:
>
> Under Microsoft's logic, the shrink-wrapped CD you have still belongs to
> Microsoft. Since you do not own it, most of the rights granted under
> fair use are not available to you. I do not agree with this!
>

Nor do I.  If I go into a store and give them money for a box with a CD (and
perhaps some printed manual) in it, I'm damnwell BUYING something tangible.
Any 'terms and conditions' that claim after the purchase that I actually
only own a license, and not a copy of the work, are irrelevant.
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