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People are getting used to restrictions, to buying a license and not a product. Most people don't read articles about restrictions found in the terms. They don't even read the agreements. |
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This kind of agreement isn't uncommon for betas releases and prototypes. This product just happens to be one that makes it to the news.
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The concern might be that for after Beta, Google could adopt the DirecTV model.
DirecTV goes so far as to hold that any equipment used to receive their service, no matter who you may have purchased it from, as leased equipment (belonging to them ?). So your more expensive Weeknees DVR with the 2TB internal HD that you bought may not really be yours? This is worse than what "Ma Bell" used to do, if you ask me. Luck; Ken |
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I do recall that soon after we joined up with them the stopped "selling" any equipment and made all equipment acquired from them "leased" but I never heard anything about them retroactively claiming anything that WAS owed was now leased. |
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It's in the fine print. I think "Weaknees.com" may still have an article explaining the situation. Luck; Ken |
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For every precedent there's another precedent holding the opposite. (Rule of thumb, not necessarily statement of fact.) Different courts are free to choose which precedent they apply. There are numerous precedents stating that shrink-wrap licenses aren't valid because the buyer doesn't know the terms of the license before opening it (and accepting the terms, according to the license)-and also because there's no chance for negotiation. If a trial over this is held in the 9th District it's likely that the precedent set by the 9th District Court might be held to apply-but if it's held elsewhere it might not.
Also I recall a number of years ago that an author (or maybe a publisher) printed a license in the front of his pbooks. Don't remember what happened, just remember that it purported to prohibit resale of his books. |
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Google never makes money on hardware, they make money mining users' data. So for Google such restrictions would make even less sense -- they would hope that users resell, let their friends use it, etc. Last edited by HansTWN; 04-21-2013 at 12:59 AM. |
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This early batch of Google Glass devices is for developers only. So special restrictions apply and I consider that to be reasonable. These buyers have been made aware of these rules. They also want to discourage speculation on ebay.
My argument is that once they sell the regular product those will not come with these restrictions -- unless they never intend for this to become a mass market product and just consider it to be an experimental or "proof-of-concept" device. |
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