Who Owns Software?

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday May 6, 2008 @06:01AM from the can't-interoperate dept.

SeeSp0tRun writes to remind us of Blizzard's lawsuit against MDY Industries over the Glider cheat. It seems that Blizzard is pushing it even further. They're trying out the legal theory that a software creator retains complete control over how a program is used, meaning that anyone who uses it in a different way could be found guilty of copyright infringement, at $750 a pop. The EFF and Public Knowledge are among the organizations trying to assure that the court doesn't set a really bad precedent here.

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Re:Good luck with that by techpawn · 2008-05-06 07:12 · Score: 0, Offtopic

EULAs don't make a lot of sense as contracts.
Also it limits them for players to say EULA = contract as that in MOST places you cannot enter into a contract if you are under the age of 18. In fact, I believe it is illegal to have a minor enter into a contractual agreement without parental consent. Then it's a thing of getting "permission slips" to play WOW?

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