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well I am curious how it will play out in the long run because unlike printer cartridges you have no physical object with software since almost all is done via
by Shivetya 9y ago
well I am curious how it will play out in the long run because unlike printer cartridges you have no physical object with software since almost all is done via digital distribution.
I do know our commercial software at work on about every platform is by license only. we don't own any of it. didn't microsoft do this with Office, give you a "low" monthly rate instead of selling out right?
Perhaps the plan is, buy it for 299 or license it for 9.99 a month or 99 a year? so this would skirt the issues presented with physical items?
- joshuak 9y agoI do not believe that mechanism of delivery is a relevant feature of any of these laws. The copyright of a book is not contingent on its delivery via a binding of paper. One could argue a subscription is different than a purchase (of anything license or otherwise), but if you subscribe to a magazine you can legally resell any issues you receive. I see no reason you shouldn't be able to re-sell your Office 360 subscription. The law as decided in the Autodesk case seems to indicate that you can restrict the sale even of physical items if you assert that the items contains 'licensed' software, and state the terms of the license do not allow resale. The owner of the product could sell the physical item, but only if they could remove the 'licensed' software.