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Fortnite's EULA [0] and virtually any EULA for any software produced in the past couple of decades includes the following bit: The Software is licensed, not so
by smnrchrds 8y ago
Fortnite's EULA [0] and virtually any EULA for any software produced in the past couple of decades includes the following bit:
The Software is licensed, not sold, to you under the License. The License does not grant you any title or ownership in the Software.
First sale doctrine does not apply. We don't own many things anymore. Books, music, software, movies—they used to be products you bought but now they are services you subscribe to. It is not a trend that I like.
[0] https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/eula https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/eula
- msandford 8y agoThere are myriad situations where contracts are written which aren't enforceable, but that doesn't make writing the contract illegal, nor does it make _trying_ to enforce it illegal either. That might be a shortcoming of our legal system, but that's how it works. The EULA may or may not be binding in any appreciable way: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-user_license_agreement#Enforceability_of_EULAs_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-user_license_agreement#Enf... If they can establish that their EULA does bind then maybe they've got a case.
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- rasz 8y agoToilet paper in EU, you can even resell preloaded OEM software.