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batz <[email protected]> writes: > On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Daniel Golding wrote: > > :I wouldn't bet on these guys holding off for "liability" reasons. They have > :vast legions of lawyers, and a shortage of good sense, as well as a very > :loose grasp of the technology. > > Not that I agree with them, but given the state of the EULA's that users > accept before running software, I don't see how what they intend to > do as illegal. > > If there were hooks in M$ code for this kind of vigilante DRM enforcement, > and given that M$ can do anything it wants to your computer based on their > Windows EULA's, is it still "hacking" if it executing a feature of > the software > which you have already agreed to the licensing conditions of? Has the Windows EULA (or any EULA) been tested in court? > Big huge IANAL here but.. square(IANAL) for me... Peace, Petr
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