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Vista's EULA Product Activation Worries
Mark Rasch, 2006-11-20

Mark Rasch looks at the license agreement for Windows Vista and how its product activation component, which can disable operation of the computer, may be like walking on thin ice.

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Mac Leopard or Linux he he he 2006-11-21
Anonymous
Why none of this matters 2006-11-21
Jake (7 replies)
Re: Why none of this matters 2006-11-22
Anonymous
Re: Why none of this matters 2006-11-22
Mark D. Rasch (1 replies)
Re: Re: Why none of this matters 2006-11-28
Anonymous (2 replies)
fixed 2006-12-04
editor
Re: Why none of this matters 2006-11-22
Steve Bradley
Re: Wrong 2006-11-27
Anonymous
Vista's EULA Product Activation Worries 2006-11-22
Anonymous (1 replies)
Vista's EULA Product Activation Worries 2006-11-22
Jeffrey Harris
Where was Rasch four years ago, and what degree in Law does he have? 2006-11-22
Gordon Fecyk (3 replies)
Re: Where was Rasch four years ago, and what degree in Law does he have? 2006-11-22
Mark D. Rasch (1 replies)
Does Symantec practice 'self-help' in your 24-year legal opinion? 2006-11-22
Gordon Fecyk (2 replies)
> Imagine a car which, when a monthly payment is not made (or when the "owner" - the leasing company believes that one has not been paid) shuts itself off, leaving you stranded on the side of the highway until you call the company with a credit card number...

So in your 24 year legal opinion, say, in the state of Wisconsin, I can sue Symantec when Norton Antivirus stops working after my subscription runs out? Or if I move my installation to another PC? Is Symantec practicing 'self-help' in this case?

Once again: Pot, Kettle, Black, Rasch?

And what if it fails to catch a new virus after it runs out? Oh wait, it already fails to catch new viruses by its design... never mind.

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off-topic 2006-11-24
moderator (1 replies)
Re: off-topic 2007-12-20
Anonymous
Your own product does this! 2006-11-22
Gordon Fecyk
Vista's EULA wrong direction 2006-11-22
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Vista's EULA Product Activation Worries 2006-11-22
Anonymous (1 replies)
Re: Vista's EULA Product Activation Worries 2006-11-24
Bob from Denver (1 replies)
What No-one Else Has Noticed 2006-11-24
Anonymous (2 replies)
Re: What No-one Else Has Noticed 2006-11-27
Anonymous (1 replies)
Re: What No-one Else Has Noticed 2007-01-20
Anonymous
Just a taste of what's to come 2006-11-24
BaysideBas
if Vista is being used... 2006-11-25
Anonymous
Vista's EULA Product Activation Worries 2006-12-05
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