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If I buy a book, I can sell it.

If I buy a music CD, I can sell it.

If I buy a car, I can sell it.

etc..etc..


But if I buy a license (permission to use) for software.
It is a pain in the a.ss to sell. Or it is against the law to sell.

WAKE UP WORLD!!!!!!
Posted by: boatelc   Posted on: 11/26/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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How about standards?  michael-t | 11/26/03
Open Boot Prom a standard ?  JJ_z | 11/26/03
IEEE Std 1275 Open Firmware Standard  michael-t | 11/26/03
It must be standard, we do NOT need a monopoly BIOS!  DonnieBoy | 11/26/03
Yet another company trying its best to go out of business...  James T. Kirk | 11/26/03
Ya, I'll be avoiding anything with Phoenix  Arrg | 11/26/03
Right on!  Martin Marvinski | 11/26/03
Re: Yet another company trying its best to go out of business...  ajasys | 11/26/03
You did not buy "ANYTHING"  boatelc | 11/26/03
You did not buy "anything"  ohjaysimp son | 11/28/03
That's their claim...  Uncoveror | 11/30/03
Days are numberd  nut_cracker | 11/26/03
Oh pulease!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/26/03
the truth is  lmaxwell | 11/26/03
Oh pulease! No_Ax_to_Grind  nut_cracker | 11/26/03
Let's make it simple just for you.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/27/03
nut_cracker makes more sense than twittie  cybershoplifter | 11/27/03
Yup the old fashioned way, twitty  cybershoplifter | 11/27/03
Oh pulease!  ohjaysimp son | 11/28/03
If new bios need Windows to do it's job  Franklin_z | 11/26/03
Award BIOS anyone?  ryusen | 11/26/03
I prefere the Award BIOS anyway...  JoeMama_z | 11/26/03
RE: Award BIOS anyone?  jfalknor | 11/27/03
Can you hear me now. DRM is coming!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/26/03
think like a criminal, must be a criminal?  lmaxwell | 11/26/03
Message has been deleted.  GRindinAxTaRupy | 11/26/03
Message has been deleted.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/27/03
Home movies/recordings  rgriffith64@... | 11/26/03
Used Books  boatelc | 11/26/03
selling software.  Update victim | 11/27/03
Wrong, wrong, wrong!  none none | 11/28/03
Argh! Stupid no preview!  none none | 11/28/03
Owning Vs Licensing  voska | 11/28/03
You need to learn how to read.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/28/03
They Wont  ohjaysimp son | 11/28/03
You obviously haven't a clue about how  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/27/03
This isn't your father's DRM, Axe.  John Le'Brecage | 11/28/03
What are you talking about?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/28/03
I see the confusion here.  voska | 11/28/03
No_Ax_to_Grind almost used an adult word.........  middle of nowhere | 11/29/03
DRM won't stop piracy.  voska | 11/27/03
Another person about DRM  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/27/03
I agree with that point  voska | 11/27/03
You obviously don't understand a watermark  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/28/03
Why not?  voska | 11/28/03
PROVE IT  cybershoplifter | 12/01/03
Umm, no...  Martin Marvinski | 11/26/03
Great. Another troll.  ajasys | 11/26/03
Re: Great. Another troll.  none none | 11/26/03
DRM is coming! So What, twittie bittie...  cybershoplifter | 11/27/03
DRM is coming?  John Le'Brecage | 11/28/03
I wish that were true  voska | 11/28/03
DRM naivete  CAJonesIT | 12/01/03
sounds like a bad business move  lmaxwell | 11/26/03
also means  lmaxwell | 11/26/03
i will not buy this!!!!!  markdoiron | 11/26/03
probably already own this  rgriffith64@... | 11/26/03
Oh?  Martin Marvinski | 11/26/03
This Is A Different Issue  markdoiron | 12/01/03
buffet boycotts  tjleeland | 12/01/03
To Phoenix : "I will never buy from you again"  Blair_z | 11/26/03
Where will we buy?  rmdsf2000 | 11/26/03
Where? From the Competition.  Blair_z | 11/26/03
DRM is not about viral protection...  ryusen | 11/26/03
Re: Where will we buy?  none none | 11/26/03
Phones are cheap cheap cheap  voska | 11/27/03
Where do you shop?  tjleeland | 12/01/03
Shouldn't the PC and MBs come with a DRM included sticker?  eohrnberger | 12/01/03
As long as my mixing board  Chad_z | 11/26/03
Phoenix was always the LOSER BIOS  Tammee | 11/26/03
No more after they are gone  James Dean_z | 11/26/03
Re: No more after they are gone  Blair_z | 11/26/03
No more after they are gone  ohjaysimp son | 11/28/03
Who are the real pirates?  skeptic tank | 11/26/03
blame the no_ax_to_grind types...  cybershoplifter | 11/27/03
No, blame thieves, not the owners.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/28/03
and punish the innocent  lmaxwell | 11/28/03
Exactly how are you being punished?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/28/03
The cost of DRM software  tjleeland | 12/01/03
Unless the owners are thieves too...  HypnoToad | 11/28/03
Who said anything about RIAA?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/28/03
Brings up a valid point though  voska | 11/28/03
Punish everyone because of RIAA?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/28/03
or punish all consumers because of a few pirates?  ryusen | 11/28/03
Blame them both  voska | 11/28/03
It's NOT about RIAA or the MPAA.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/28/03
it's VERY much about them  ryusen | 11/28/03
For the slow ones, once more.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/28/03
re: bit  ryusen | 12/01/03
Cybershoplifter: stealing is stealing  Blair_z | 11/29/03
Blair, one point you need to understand.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/29/03
DRM simply isn't the "great evil" I AGREEEEE  cybershoplifter | 12/01/03
Online music is the new radio  Uncoveror | 11/30/03
restrictive and unacceptable?  cybershoplifter | 12/01/03
skeptic, Your option #1 is correct - 'NoAx' is quite ignorant...  Plain Logic | 11/28/03
Gee, who is so 'ignoratnt' they can't see...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/28/03
Ignorance runs rampant  middle of nowhere | 11/29/03
Do you read the news?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/29/03
what news?  in-DUH-vidual | 11/29/03
Some of us read more than ZDNet...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/30/03
Who are the real pirates?  ohjaysimp son | 11/28/03
They have a gun to your head?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/30/03
No_Ax, Read your reply to me. (NT)  Update victim | 12/01/03
How does the ordinary smart guy cope with this  apbaker | 11/26/03
Comment  boatelc | 11/26/03
How do I learn to Hack  apbaker | 11/26/03
The Web is one of your best tools...  Yen_z | 11/27/03
Thanks fot the Info  apbaker | 11/27/03
Well, another reason...  Yen_z | 11/28/03
What pun?  MalumRegnat | 11/29/03
that could violate the dmca  lmaxwell | 11/27/03
Absolutely nothing  voska | 11/27/03
Screw 'em...  Yen_z | 11/28/03
You ever call the FTC?  tjleeland | 12/01/03
Yeh.. computer probably wouldn't work  #team-fo-Chivalrous | 11/27/03
Green Acres In Phoenix BIOS ?  ParadigmOdyssey | 11/26/03
error: "BIOS forbids this."  Update victim | 11/27/03
DRM's not gonna work out...  #team-fo-Chivalrous | 11/27/03
i imagine  lmaxwell | 11/28/03
Just be clear on what not to buy  voska | 11/28/03
After Seeing The Way Corporate America...  ohjaysimp son | 11/28/03
After seeing how so many steal anything they can...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/28/03
Both of you need...  bmh129 | 12/01/03
No_Ax has no clue...  Root User | 11/28/03
Talk about clueless!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/29/03
Re: Talk about clueless!  Root User | 11/29/03
As I suspected, wrong and don't even know it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/29/03
Keep Living in your Fantasy, Ax...  Root User | 11/30/03
So why does the BSA win every case?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/30/03
Oh, shut up already, you ignorant BLOWHARD!  Enton Eller | 11/30/03
Wow, very smart for an 11 year old?  cybershoplifter | 12/01/03
suck what?  cybershoplifter | 12/01/03
Root User doesn't sound like a 6th grader to me?  cybershoplifter | 12/01/03
Anything you BUY you own -period  arminw | 11/29/03
So why has RIAA won thier suits?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/30/03
What? No smart reply...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/30/03
Re: So why has RIAA won their suits?  Root User | 11/30/03
All I can say is...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/30/03
...no substantial argument.  Root User | 11/30/03
When you have enough money to buy laws  ryusen | 12/01/03
sixth grade education level...were is a mod?  cybershoplifter | 12/01/03
Go here, Read this, Learn  Update victim | 12/01/03
Tony the Tiger say this post is GREAT!!!  cybershoplifter | 12/01/03
These guys are technologically impaired.  someguy_z | 11/30/03
lets keep microsoft in business  bdnlapa@... | 11/30/03
Phoenix knows a winner when they see it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/30/03
Phoenix Bios is a non-entity  Uncoveror | 11/30/03
I is easy to by pass the bios.  RobertoSalazar | 11/30/03
OK, HOW do you bypass the BIOS?  Blair_z | 12/01/03
It's not about DRM  thomasmadden@... | 11/30/03
Finally!  msdead | 12/01/03
The real danger - monopoly  whitroth | 12/01/03
Phoenix is not alone!  ShadeTree | 12/01/03
Information Economy  nextbend | 12/01/03
Making a list and checking it twice  kiddpeat | 12/01/03
DRM - - AGAIN !  frankc@... | 12/02/03
BIOS DRM  greenguy | 12/04/03
since when has DRM stoped piracy?  headexplodes | 12/04/03
this whole mess  brinf1 | 12/30/03

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