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I wonder if this will speed up the push to "renting" software as opposed to buying it. By that I mean, in order to use any software product, you will need to p
by jmclnx 2y ago
I wonder if this will speed up the push to "renting" software as opposed to buying it.
By that I mean, in order to use any software product, you will need to phone home and what you do is logged on a server. This way, the vendor may be able to find a way to blame you for a violation.
- rwmj 2y agoWhy would renting software be any different? If you rent a defective car, the company that rents it to you is still liable.
- jmclnx 2y agoNow (or at one time), you could buy Microsoft Office and use it without an internet connection. With this, maybe that option will be gone, companies can blame the EU for requiring a internet connection and the user is stuck being logged/spied on agreeing to this via an EUL.
- rwmj 2y agoIn your imagination maybe.
- phkamp 2y agoA company cannot exempt itself from product liability with an EULA. Cloud services are also explicitly mentioned as covered.
- csdreamer7 2y agoThis is an absolutely terrible argument. So much shrinkwrapped software phones home these days well before this law. MS Office has required it for years! Look up MS Office XP (2001).
- phkamp 2y agoI hate to admit it, but the EUrocrats who drafted this are smarter than that: All software is covered, sold, licensed, embedded, rented. Even the cloud services tied to products are covered.
- fh973 2y agoYes, but only B2C.