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Ah, but they need to control that CD recording device on the workstation, just in case you're handing out CDs to your patients WITHOUT A CD RECORDING LICENSE. T
by tecleandor 7y ago
Ah, but they need to control that CD recording device on the workstation, just in case you're handing out CDs to your patients WITHOUT A CD RECORDING LICENSE. They have the weirdest licenses.
- stallmanite 7y agoSo there is software on a medical device concerned with users copying a Billy Joel CD?
- tecleandor 7y agoThey sell every functionality as an aditional "license" or "plugin". So, for example, it's not unusual that, by default, your half a million USD scanner, that includes a powerful workstation to control it (the one the technician uses behind the window) will only let you write CDs (for example, to give your patient a copy of his/her scan) if you pay an additional "CD Writing license" Now, with PACS and centralization that have changed a bit, but still...
- stallmanite 7y agoThanks for the explanation. Still gross but not as bad as RIAA checks being performed somehow.