Here in Germany: Yes!
ms
One Without Reason wrote:
>
> On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Kent Borg wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 12:14:00AM -0700, Mike Ford wrote:
> > > Abandoneware is one thing [...]
> >
> > > Wants some fun, buy an EXPENSIVE sealed retail box new old stock product,
> > > then without opening the envelope with the discs, send a letter to the
> > > company informing them that you are NOT willing to comply with the terms of
> > > their license agreement and want a refund of the retail price of the
> > > package.
> >
> > Interesting idea.
> >
> > If I buy a book I own that copy, not the right to copy it, not a
> > "license" forming an agreement between me and some other party, but I
> > own the book itself. Familiar stuff.
>
> This leads to an interesting situation. Can you make, say, 50,000,000
> copies of a book, and send it to its rightful owner?
>
> Peace... Sridhar
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Received on Sat Oct 27 2001 - 06:58:12 BST