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If that is not your intention you should rent your devices to people. That's more or less what these companies are doing. If you read the mouseprint, you're ef
by RyanMcGreal 17y ago
If that is not your intention you should rent your devices to people.
That's more or less what these companies are doing. If you read the mouseprint, you're effectively buying a licence to use their device on their terms. :P
- jacquesm 17y agoIf I'm not paying a monthly I'm buying it. If there is a bill of sale I'm buying it. If there is a rental agreement and I have to return it at the end of the agreement then I'm renting it. More or less doesn't cut it.
- RyanMcGreal 17y agoI'm not defending their approach, only pointing it out.
- ricaurte 17y agoI have a feeling if he made this a centerpiece of the defense case he could have it appealed all the way to the Supreme Court. If you "buy" something, you own it. Similar to the car comment, if you buy a new home, it's not like you get it with a EULA that says you can't modify it, although home owners associations act in a similar manner. He could also potentially counter-sue with a class-action lawsuit claiming that the video game systems makers committed fraud by way of falsely advertising to people that they were "buying" the game systems, when in fact, they were actually leasing them.