Interesting news item

[dstarr]

I just saw this on a web site that I follow, software licenses everywhere........

Snap a picture, break a contract?

You may imagine that you're buying a Canon EOS-1D camera, but part of what you're buying is a license to use its software, and a fairly restrictive license at that. "If you let anyone outside your immediate family use the camera -- if you lend it to a friend for the weekend or even ask a stranger to take a picture of you and your wife -- Canon could technically sue you for breach of contract." (Clay Risen, "Shutter Bug", The New Republic, Oct. 31).


link to the article: http://www.overlawyered.com/


Dave

[Daniel Bates]

I don't remember seeing an EULA when I bought my camera.

[JamesB]

Originally Posted by Daniel Bates

I don't remember seeing an EULA when I bought my camera.

did you buy a pirated copy?

this is interesting, wonder if you have to have the previous owner transfer the license to you.

James

[Mike G]

I'm pretty sure the software they're talking about .. but without realizing it is the bundled software that comes with the camera, not the software embedded in the camera.