interesting topic ..good business sense or not, why shouldnt the party who owns the property be able to dictate exactly when, how and in what form, you will use. they arent selling the hard disc, they are selling a license and you either agree to those conditions or do not agree and dont buy.if you dont agree to the terms of sale, then you are free to not purchase the product. just as they are free to dictate the conditions. i think it will drive it all underground too, but you have to believe these companies and lobby groups have built models on multiple different results before taking the position they have. they must figure it is in their best interest and thats their right to determine.i support the legislation on that basis.
edit: pardon my spacing, what happened ? i had paragraphs and everything
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