[monochrom] first-sale doctrine about to fall

[Franz Ablinger]

100 years are enough...
...especially for the software industry, as a recurring user fee is much better 
then one-time-money for a licence. One step towards this goal of renting all 
the software instead of selling it is to revoke the user's right to resell 
software, the so-called first-sale doctrine, which in its current form dates 
back to 1909. If the US court really defines a clear distinction between a 
buyer and a licensee, the former being really an owner and the latter only 
something like a powerless user under permanent control of the manufactor, then 
this clearly marks a next step towards porting the methods of RIAA back to the 
software industry. Reselling software will become a crime. And please don't 
tell me that I only have to change the brand and boycott the vendor - they are 
_all_ on board of this scary dreadnought.

   fra

links:
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2010/09/10/09-35969.pdf
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/09/first-sale-doctrine/

Re: [monochrom] first-sale doctrine about to fall

[Rainer Fuegenstein]

FA And please don't tell me that I only have to change the brand and boycott 
the vendor - they are _all_ on
FA board of this scary dreadnought.

open source auch ?

ps: ;-)

--
Unix gives you just enough rope to hang yourself -- and then a couple of more 
feet, just to be sure.
(Eric Allman)
--

Re: [monochrom] first-sale doctrine about to fall

[Franz Ablinger]

Nein, es ging um Bezahlware. Was ich mich frage: Wie ist das bei embeded
systems? Wie sieht die EULA eines Autos aus? Weil de facto sind Autos 
mittlerweile Computer mit Rädern. Wenn ich ein Betriebssystem nicht mehr
verkaufen darf, warum sollte ich dann ein Auto verkaufen dürfen?

   fra

- Ursprüngliche Mail -
Von: Rainer Fuegenstein r...@kaneda.iguw.tuwien.ac.at

FA And please don't tell me that I only have to change the brand and
boycott the vendor - they are _all_ on
FA board of this scary dreadnought.

open source auch ?

ps: ;-)