Ultimate Steal Reinstall Questions

Alias

Susan Ramlet wrote:
> Going forward, you may want to refer to this lookup tool for Microsoft
> EULAs before purchasing:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/
>

Since when are paying customers required to go on line to look for
something most of them have never heard of or even know they should know
about it? All this could be cleared up if on the outside of the package,
either the entire EULA is published or at least "Only good for one (or
whatever it is) installation at a time". Requiring the stores to say
they sell licenses instead of software would help a lot too. You see,
until the licensing scam, people thought that when they buy something,
it's -- of all things -- theirs to do with what they want.

Of course all this could be solved if the big boys like Microsoft and
Adobe allowed people to do what they want with software. It isn't like
during the pre activation days that these companies didn't make BILLIONS
selling software that didn't need to be activated. Greed set in and you
see what greed has done to the world's economy. Not only that, if
activation was rescinded, software piracy for profit would disappear.

Alias

Susan Ramlet

I didn't say you were "required". I thought you might find it a useful
resource going forward.
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Susan Ramlet
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"Alias" <iamaliasNUKE@THISgmail.com> wrote in message
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> Susan Ramlet wrote:
>> Going forward, you may want to refer to this lookup tool for Microsoft
>> EULAs before purchasing:
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/
>>
>
> Since when are paying customers required to go on line to look for
> something most of them have never heard of or even know they should know
> about it? All this could be cleared up if on the outside of the package,
> either the entire EULA is published or at least "Only good for one (or
> whatever it is) installation at a time". Requiring the stores to say they
> sell licenses instead of software would help a lot too. You see, until the
> licensing scam, people thought that when they buy something, it's -- of
> all things -- theirs to do with what they want.
>
> Of course all this could be solved if the big boys like Microsoft and
> Adobe allowed people to do what they want with software. It isn't like
> during the pre activation days that these companies didn't make BILLIONS
> selling software that didn't need to be activated. Greed set in and you
> see what greed has done to the world's economy. Not only that, if
> activation was rescinded, software piracy for profit would disappear.
>
> Alias

Bob I

That is the part that causes your problem. You DON'T OWN the software.
What you OWN, is the Right to USE the software in ACCORDANCE with the
terms of the Agreement you accepted. If yours says One then you paid for
the Rights to use it on 1, if it said A Primary and a portable for your
exclusive use then that is what is allowed. You don't get to make up
your own terms willy nilly as to what suits your fancy.

clairus99 wrote:

> i think if you own the software then you should legally be able to apply it
> to more than one laptop/pc, as many homes possess more than one.

Alias

Bob I wrote:
>
> That is the part that causes your problem. You DON'T OWN the software.
> What you OWN, is the Right to USE the software in ACCORDANCE with the
> terms of the Agreement you accepted. If yours says One then you paid for
> the Rights to use it on 1, if it said A Primary and a portable for your
> exclusive use then that is what is allowed. You don't get to make up
> your own terms willy nilly as to what suits your fancy.

Yet every single computer store, virtual or brick and mortar, advertise
that they sell "software". Not a one says they sell licenses. Therefore
the confusion is normal and if the software boys want to sell licenses,
then they should bloody well say so!

It's this kind of bait and switch that gives Microsoft a bad name, among
other things like not being able to reject the EULA until it's too late
to get your money back.

Alias
>
> clairus99 wrote:
>
>> i think if you own the software then you should legally be able to
>> apply it to more than one laptop/pc, as many homes possess more than one.
>