In several European countries many software publishers are in violation of the law as the publishers do not allow selling of the software key/disk. EULA are non-binding in countries such as Germany because by buying you are agreeing blindly to a contract and German courts among others have declared this an illegal practice and hence you OWN the game and disk since you can not view the EULA before hand, therefore you can sell or trade your disk and license as you see fit.
I'm eager to see how this all plays out. I think these publishers are overstepping their bounds trying to change physical property of disks to ethereal ones of buying a service. Since most MMO make you BUY the game and license and then charge you monthly for the service, it stands to reason that they SHOULD let you sell it, but they just want another retail disk sale instead. I'm hoping the US courts put a stop to this ASAP, though I currently do not know of any lawsuits pending...
Macromedia is "working" on it? What do you call a company that puts out software that an industry uses heavily that is also riddled with bugs then to turn around and put out a new version next year before all of the bugs are squashed in the current version? I would say that Macromedia has been at that point for years.
Adobe I feel is one company who has resisited that urge. Although they are getting to the point of having more upgrades more often, they seem to put out software mostly free of major bugs. Their big issue is the cost, although Elements makes an excellent introductory package that does 99% of what typical users need.
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In several European countries many software publishers are in violation of the law as the publishers do not allow selling of the software key/disk. EULA are non-binding in countries such as Germany because by buying you are agreeing blindly to a contract and German courts among others have declared this an illegal practice and hence you OWN the game and disk since you can not view the EULA before hand, therefore you can sell or trade your disk and license as you see fit.
I'm eager to see how this all plays out. I think these publishers are overstepping their bounds trying to change physical property of disks to ethereal ones of buying a service. Since most MMO make you BUY the game and license and then charge you monthly for the service, it stands to reason that they SHOULD let you sell it, but they just want another retail disk sale instead. I'm hoping the US courts put a stop to this ASAP, though I currently do not know of any lawsuits pending...
Macromedia is "working" on it? What do you call a company that puts out software that an industry uses heavily that is also riddled with bugs then to turn around and put out a new version next year before all of the bugs are squashed in the current version? I would say that Macromedia has been at that point for years. Adobe I feel is one company who has resisited that urge. Although they are getting to the point of having more upgrades more often, they seem to put out software mostly free of major bugs. Their big issue is the cost, although Elements makes an excellent introductory package that does 99% of what typical users need.
Because you can do more than play games on a PC? Duh? :)
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