Consumer purchases allow unlimited installs by consumer on equipment they own or use. Right of resale is retained by consumer for the physical copy or license key of the purchased software. EULAs are all illegal except between business entities. Any software purchased by a consumer is covered by a standard set of rights that parallel ownership of a physical item where applicable or are spelled out in the bill of rights. Limit software copyright to 20 years or 5 years after it is no longer for sale or the day and date when it is no longer supported, whichever is first. Convert all software to be covered by copyright instead of patent law. It is about time that the government enact some legislation recognizing this and protecting the citizens from predatory and/or fraudulent software companies. In this day and age computers are a mature field where people spend much of their lives. We badly need a software consumers bill of rights to cover all for profit software. Unfortunately all the normal ambulance chasers who would quite rightly file class action lawsuits are scared of the MS legal team and deep pockets. There are a lot of states where damaging someone's property is a crime and makes you both criminally and civilly liable.
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