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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
Really? Last I checked, there was still a l hardcoded limit on the number of machines I could install Windows on.
Ultimately, I think they can interpret existing law, and show where DRM is legal and when it is not, but it can't make DRM itself illegal (Particularly since the DCMA more or makes it legal since it makes it illegal to circumvent DRM).
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Bill
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I said DRM was illegal for software. I did not say the user had the right to pirate software or to violate the license agreement.
"DRM" on software is not legal because of the fair use act. We as consumers have the right to backup our software.
However the law was written lose enough so that software makes could add some sort of protection on their software such as password key, license keys, license servers, etc....
If you note on your example you have the ability to backup your software you just don't have the option to violate the license agreement.
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