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Re: [dvd-discuss] Postage Meters and the "Right to Tinker"
- To: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Postage Meters and the "Right to Tinker"
- From: Ken Arromdee <arromdee(at)rahul.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:00:15 -0800 (PST)
- In-reply-to: <3E1EFC29.A9F5B0C8@ia.nsc.com>
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On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, John Zulauf wrote:
> The gift is a of copy (and thus the right to use) an fully functioning
> installer disk that includes most of the components of a working
> TurboTax. In the EULA and on the packaging are the terms of that
> right-to-use. Any use outside those terms is only legitimate if it
> falls under the general rubric of "fair use."
No, because the user can refuse to agree to the terms of the EULA. If he
so refuses, he has the rights that he has for use of a gift in the absence of
an EULA.