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Originally Posted by ahi
Lying with impunity and implying that they are indeed offering you a proper purchase is immoral and, in my opinion, should be illegal...
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It is "illegal" in the US (or at least, the fine print of contract terms that try to state it's a license, not a sale, are likely invalid). The courts have already basically said that they are sales, not licenses.
The publishers want you to think it's a sale when you're paying for the product, but then use DRM to treat it like a license. However, it's already been ruled in other business areas (with the exact same situation) that they can't do that. I'm sure the publishers know this, but most customers don't, so the publishers/retailers con customers into believing that we don't have certain rights. Then they try to use DRM to "enforce" it.
Sounds evil to me.
