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Originally Posted by Shaggy
If you read the details of that case, the software was specifically licensed for a limited time (it's talking about signing up for the Blizzard WoW service), and not sold. The basis for the ruling that they violated copyright is that they did not own the software. That is different from eBooks.
The way that Blizzard sells their service in order for that ruling to apply is fundamentally different from how retailers sell eBooks.
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I look forward to your narrow reading to be borne out in future, virtually inevitable cases. The pessimist in me thinks you are far too optimistic in your understanding of the courts' ability to make such distinctions.
Lemon out!