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Originally Posted by HarryT
Given that every bookstore does it - including the big name ones like Amazon, who employ armies of lawyers - I really would be surprised if it were illegal, Shaggy. Why doesn't someone challenge them in court, if it is?
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Agreed, such contracts in the fine print are legal in the US at least.
At least until they get challenged in court and overturned. These big companies with huge teams of lawyers aren't going to put that stuff in the fine print without knowing they have a legal backing to do so.
It's a different issue on whether they should legally be able to do that etc., but they clearly are now.
And I'd think courts--at least in the US--would uphold it given the way software is licensed, that they've held up copy protection on DVDs/Blu Rays (which makes it illegal to crack the copy protection so you can't even legally make a back up) etc.