Microsoft sent me a notice of a security update for Win2K, with the usual
dire warnings (update or some hacker will rip you off). OK, the warning was
valid, the implication that it won't happen if you update may not be. For a
change, I decided to spend the time to read the EULA, just for kicks.
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:34:52 -0700
Condon Thomas A KPWA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[snip]
And finally, they limit their liability to ...THE GREATER OF THE
AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU FOR THE OS COMPONENTS OR U.S.$5.00.
Translation: The true value of our software is $5.00.
I'd say it's
Feigning erudition, Stuart Biggerstaff wrote:
% Actually, this sort of points out some fundamental differences between
% print and electronic publishers. Print publishers have spent the last
% twenty years working to invalidate Fair Use. Electronic ones (software,
% music, film) wrote
Let's not forget that Gutenberg spent a lot of his time in court trying
to enforce his monopoly on movable printing technology. I believe he was
unsuccessful, and he never made any big money off his invention. They
don't emphasize that in the standard history books. If Gutenberg
had enforced his
Actually, this sort of points out some fundamental differences between
print and electronic publishers. Print publishers have spent the last
twenty years working to invalidate Fair Use. Electronic ones (software,
music, film) wrote guarantees of our rights to it in their DMCA--and now
are
Yeah, it's OT. It rings true, however.
% If Microsoft had been the first to invent books:
We'd all be illiterate.
% 1. Before you can open the cover of your new book, you must obtain
% a book activation code by phoning Microsoft.
% 2. Sorry, only one person may ever read your book.
% 3.
