[IP] more on Microsoft responds re Windows XP update vs. spyware

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Andy Oram <andyo@oreilly.com>
Date: June 7, 2006 3:22:50 AM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] Microsoft responds re Windows XP update vs. spyware

Does anybody have information on the legal relationship between  
disabling software after its licensing and laws regarding licensing?  
I remember that a proposed change to licensing laws in the 1990s,  
called UCITA and then UCC 2B (http://www.badsoftware.com/ 
uccindex.htm) would have made this sort of thing commonplace. But UCC  
2B was largely defeated! So is there a legal basis for disabling  
software?

Andy


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