intro opened this issue on Dec 19, 2008 · 66 posts
ShawnDriscoll posted Fri, 26 December 2008 at 12:30 AM
Quote - Am I alone in the belief that a "hard" copy and a manual ought to be rights of software ownership?
99.9% of the time when you buy a software program you are buying an end-user license agreement. You're supposed to read it before clicking on: "Yes, I agree to these terms."
The software company still owns the program. Not you. Not ever. And they can terminate your EULA with them at any time. You have no rights to the software ever.
I had to pay an extra $29 + shipping for my hardcover of the Carrara Pro 5 manual. It didn't come in the box. It didn't have any printed foldout like Carrara Pro 4 came with.
Me personaly, if I'm paying more than $249 for a program, I'd like to have a book incuded.