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Thu, 03/07/2019 - 15:55
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Tranquil Flower wrote:
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avelworldcreator wrote:

You can thank IBM (in the early days) for the "licensing" model of software. They typically leased equipment and software was just part of the equimpment lease.I disagree with that licensing model entirely.

The model for intellectual property has always been there, it was just unenforceable. It's a solid truism of the IP world that your IP rights are only ever as strong as your ability to enforce them, which is why the publishing world never attempted a class action suit against second hand book shops. In theory they were well within their rights to do so. Read the copyright blurb on any book you own, your rights aren't transferable.

This is why the rise of Kindle and Steam is a publisher's dream come true, they can finally enforce no transfers.

The supreme court said other wise
https://www.theverge.com/2013/3/19/4123740/supreme-court-upholds-first-sale-rights-abroad

a blurb in a book does not over ride actual law.

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Thu, 03/07/2019 - 20:24
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ivanhedgehog wrote:
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a blurb in a book does not over ride actual law.

That actually happens a lot, lawyers make IP agreements that don't jive with laws. Look at Sony.

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Thu, 03/07/2019 - 23:38
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warlocc wrote:
warlocc wrote:
ivanhedgehog wrote:

a blurb in a book does not over ride actual law.

That actually happens a lot, lawyers make IP agreements that don't jive with laws. Look at Sony.

and if the lawyers try to enforce such agreements, the judge can kick them to the curb. If provisions in a contract are illegal, they are unenforcable. The judge can invalidate all or part of the agreement.

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