I agree with you, Ben, but you're speaking ethics. I, too, would like
the software laws changed so you can fully own what you purchase (unless
you are specifically purchasing a subscription to an online service, for
example). Further, I agree that it's wrong to apply this conditional
ownership language to tangible goods.
If, in fact, Tesla has done this, we probably need to address congress
to change the law to prevent this.
Peri
------ Original Message ------
From: "Ben Goren" <[email protected]>
To: "Peri Hartman" <[email protected]>; "Electric Vehicle Discussion
List" <[email protected]>
Sent: 02-Oct-14 8:35:46 AM
Subject: Re: [EVDL] EValert: !Don't buy a salvaged Tesla EV to repair
&drive! (video)
On Oct 2, 2014, at 8:09 AM, Peri Hartman via EV <[email protected]>
wrote:
Yes, but again, it depends on what the buyer signed. For example,
with software, the licensing agreements usually state that you do not
own the software but only have the right to use it which can be
terminated under certain conditions. Tesla could have included similar
language. Ethical or not, I believe they do have the right to include
such language.
Just as you do not have the right to sell yourself into slavery, you
should also not have the right to buy something you don't actually own
after the completion of the "sale."
Software licensing agreements are an horrific perversion of the legal
system, especially the doctrine of first sale...and this push to make
even tangible goods subject to similar "agreements" is going to bite us
all very hard in the ass.
Either you own something or you do not. If you own it, it's nobody
else's business what you do with it. If somebody else can tell you what
you can and can't do with it, you don't own it. So why did you give
them all that money, again...?
b&
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