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Originally Posted by Nate the great
I think that really sucks. But until a lawyer explains to me why the agreement is not enforcible, I will not break it in a way they might notice.
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Groklaw has an interesting take on this issue today.
Basically, according to a recent case, DRM/copyright cannot trump fair use and that fair use is a right.
PJ really doesn't come to a conclusion, but she does raise some very interesting questions.
IHMO (IANAL), it would seem to be that DRM/copyright cannot trump first sale rights too. So I would expect to see more sites that "sell" eBooks to have large notices along the lines of "You are not buying this eBooks. You are licensing it under these terms (link to terms) for a limited time yadda, yadda, yadda..."