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I can't really tell if you're agreeing or disagreeing, and I'm not even sure a ticket violation is a "crime"? But regardless, I don't understand the need to str
by dataflow 5y ago
I can't really tell if you're agreeing or disagreeing, and I'm not even sure a ticket violation is a "crime"? But regardless, I don't understand the need to stretch analogies from other domains when there is so much case law out there specifically about EULAs. I'm pretty sure it's well-established [1] that EULAs can be enforceable contracts and breach of them can be treated as a breach of contract. This doesn't depend on there being copyright violations, e.g. there can be different licenses depending on commercial usage vs. non-commercial usage despite the copying being done in exactly the same manner. There should be no need to draw analogies from fare dodging to see what the law says here. I find countless links on this when Googling (and I'm basically leaving a different link in each comment), but see for example [1].
[1] https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/licensing-syndication/849364/covenant-or-condition-when-can-a-licensor-sue-its-licensee-for-copyright-infringement https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/licensing-syndication/84...
- belorn 5y agoAn EULA is not a copyright license, nor does it give permission. The practice of EULA comes from Shrink wrap contracts, i.e. a contract that dictate how a product is used after a person have physically bought it. The origin of those are Standard form contracts. One major difference between copyright law and contract law is that one is defined under international agreement, and the other is defined by each nation. There is no Berne Convention for contracts and EULA's. There is no obligation between nation to recognize EULA "rights".