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		jcranmer on May 12, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A federal court has denied a pre-trial motion to d... Microsoft printed (not sure if it still does) its EULA on the actual physical software packages.

mikeash on May 12, 2017 [–]

I mean that the legalities around software are not fundamentally different. The culture around software sales is different. Buy a music CD in a box, no EULA. Buy a software CD in a box, EULA. For no apparent reason.

dec0dedab0de on May 12, 2017 | [–]

Most music CDs default to "all rights reserved", Movies on the other hand usually have an agreement only allows personal use, as in You cant open a theater and show DVDs.

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