=> => > Poppycock, Ed! M$ makes a product. You want to use it => and you buy it => > SUBJECT TO THE TERMS of the license agreement. You don't like the => > agreement? Don't buy the product or negotiate a different => agreement. => => Sorry, but copyright law doesn't work that way. IANAL, => nor am I married to one, so I'll let someone who is explain it: => => http://interactionlaw.com/id12.html => => -- Ed Leafe
Fine, Ed. Copyright law does not work that way but I am not referring to copyright law. I am referring to licensing. You can "copyright" your relationship with a person by marriage, but your marital relationship is not going to work out if you and your partner cannot come to terms on how you are going to live together. The way the article is written (that is, the tone), we are arguing about a moot point because if M$ ever deigns to attempt to enforce the EULA, they will, ipso facto, lose the copyright, which is 1000% against what they got the copyright for in the first place. So, let's all go out and violate every provision of the EULA. Let's FORCE M$ to engage in this folly. After a few years, the battle will be won and all M$ products will be in the PUBLIC DOMAIN! Clearly, there is nothing in the EULA or the DMCA that is subject to interpretation. 500 years of jurisprudence has left no stone unturned and therefore we know that all contracts are clear and unambiguous and all important legal decisions have been made already. So let's stop arguing about this and party! And here's my slogan, at no additional charge: You may be able to burn the Yule log only at Christmastime, but you can burn the EULA any day you choose (... and without infringing on the copyright.) B+ HALinNY _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
