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Originally Posted by Fastolfe
What a crock. It's the same BS software makers have been trying to implant into people's heads since the seventies - that you don't "own" your copy of the book/software/computer file, you have it on lease.
It's quite simple really: either you own something, in which case your right to use it, store it, lend it and resell it is inalienable, or you don't and the loan you have is revokable by the rightful owner.
I think it's pretty clear that, once you bought an ebook, or a piece of software, it's inacceptable that a third party can deprive you of what you bought unilaterally. If you don't accept this, then you obviously demand to own the ebook/software.
I think you'll find most people who buy an ebook/software consider they own their copy. They don't think they shelled out their hard-owned cash to rent the data. Software vendors are so keenly aware of people's deep dislike of that preposterous business model that they never really pushed the issue in court. They know that if they did, people would be up in arms. Instead, they keep pretending people accept the idea, and in return, people tolerate and disregard the outrageous conditions founds in EULAs as long as they're not enforced.
As far as I'm concerned, there is no such thing as a licensed ebook or piece of software: I paid for my copy, I own it, and I deny the seller the right to decide what I can do with it from the point of my purchase on.
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If that's all really true I deem you to be of very poor character.
If you act on those stated beliefs, you are a criminal and deserve to be punished.
If more poetic justice is in store, you may find yourself on the receiving end of some like-minded individual who similarly scoffs at laws against robbery or murder.
But that's all hypothetical, as I suspect it's just a troll post. Just sayin'.