So you don't own it? So what?
So you don't own it? So what?
Posted May 3, 2003 2:30 UTC (Sat) by giraffedata (guest, #1954)In reply to: The Linux kernel and digital rights management by smoogen
Parent article: The Linux kernel and digital rights management
Why is that sad? Isn't this just a wording issue? If we didn't say that customer "owns the xbox" or "bought the xbox," doesn't your whole argument just evaporate? If we keep everything the same except the words and say you purchased the right to do certain things involving a certain hunk of xbox hardware, then is there an issue? If we say MS owns the xbox, like my bank says it owns the credit card in my wallet, does that solve the problem?
Or are you just concerned that someone unwittingly bought these limited rights to use an xbox when he thought he was buying the xbox in the simple sense? We can fix that with publicity.