Kasz216 said:
Really makes you wonder how the courts let software companys get away with EULA's. Which are factually illegal but are upheld just because people can't think of legal way around getting people to agree to that shit..
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Actually, they're perfectly legal. I lost access to Westlaw, and won't regain it for another two weeks, so I can't give you the specific cases, but in essence parties can freely modify their contracts unless the terms are de facto illegal (i.e. they violate a statute, or are against the more nebulous "public policy"). So the companies are free to set conditions on their selling you a product, but any conditions that are illegal can be safely ignored.
As to the topic, I agree with those who protest. I already don't buy games with DRM, and wouldn't have bought Mass Effect had I known it was so limited: there's no way in hell I'm going to buy software that's even more restrictive. Publishers are free to use draconian "protection" if they wish: unfortunately for them, I'm equally at liberty to not give them my money anymore.
