In fact I'd be very, very surprised if their "included 90 day limited warranty" rort is legal in places like Australia.
Adrian On Mon, Feb 11, 2008, Justin Shore wrote: > Tony Varriale wrote: > > Are they cheaper once you buy the software license? Let's not forget, > > the software license is not transferrable. > > > > That's a typical oops not only in this method but from 3rd party resellers. > > This may be blasphemy here but I'm really surprised that no one has ever > taken the big C to court on this particular issue because C would almost > certainly lose. Microsoft fought that battle against people selling the > copy of Windows that came bundled with their PC or their PC and OS when > they bought a new model. MS lost and set a perfect precedent. The > courts found that the Doctrine of first sale does apply to OSs and > bundled software. (see Softman v. Adobe) Just because C calls it a > license doesn't mean that it actually is. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine_(patent) > > Not that I want to take on the Big C. It is something that I've > wondered about for years. If MS, Adobe and others were slapped down by > the courts on this very thing then why not the Big C? > > Justin > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ -- - Xenion - http://www.xenion.com.au/ - VPS Hosting - Commercial Squid Support - - $25/pm entry-level VPSes w/ capped bandwidth charges available in WA - _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
