OMG! Doom & gloom! Rawr! Seriously, read the fookin judgement people.
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2010/09/10/09-35969.pdf
This will not affect console games.
Repeating myself from the other reactionary thread, the day you have unique activation codes for each copy...
Melodramatic much? The specifics of the case are always relevant and any court would be crazy not to take them into account on future rulings. There is much more than just a line of text making AutoCAD a license and not a purchase.
Again from the ruling:
"customers must accept before...
Because at no point in the sale or use of a console game is a limited license agreement stipulated or agreed to, nor is there any restriction on the transfer (sale/rental/trade/etc) of that particular copy of the software you purchased, nor is there any use restriction to actually play the game...
I strongly suggest everyone actually read the ruling before claiming the sky is falling. It's actually a very well reasoned judgement that takes a lot of care in distinguishing between a licensee and an owner of copies of copyrighted software. The reactionary press coverage is pretty...
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