Best Buy Hit With Restraining Order

[John]

AUSTIN, Texas Apr 11, 2006 (AP)? A Texas software company sued Best Buy Co. Inc. in federal court on Tuesday, alleging that the nation's largest consumer electronics retailer was using unlicensed versions of its diagnostic equipment.

Read more...... http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1832946

 

[imported_Mike]

How does the company know BB was using the software after negotiations stopped?

 

[YoshiSato]

Originally posted by: Mike
How does the company know BB was using the software after negotiations stopped?

The same way the RIAA knows a person who does not own a compter was downloading music.

 

[virtuamike]

Happy happy

 

[Kelemvor]

Heh, just saw this.

Way to go Best Buy. Wonder if they'll find licenses for all the Aquarium Screen savers they have on all the PCs.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
Heh, just saw this.

Way to go Best Buy. Wonder if they'll find licenses for all the Aquarium Screen savers they have on all the PCs.

You mean you have to buy a copy of software for EACH pc you have running?

:laugh:

 

[Kelemvor]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
Heh, just saw this.

Way to go Best Buy. Wonder if they'll find licenses for all the Aquarium Screen savers they have on all the PCs.

You mean you have to buy a copy of software for EACH pc you have running?

:laugh:

No, I think it's based off the person. So as long as the same guy installs it on all the PCs, then you only need one license.

 

[RelaxTheMind]

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior

Originally posted by: MS Dawn

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
Heh, just saw this.

Way to go Best Buy. Wonder if they'll find licenses for all the Aquarium Screen savers they have on all the PCs.

You mean you have to buy a copy of software for EACH pc you have running?

:laugh:

No, I think it's based off the person. So as long as the same guy installs it on all the PCs, then you only need one license.

No... depending on what software u have its license per PC. With some software you can uninstall it from one PC and then legally install it on another.

If in fact you are talking about diagnostic/recovery software yes. Most tech software is per license of the tech.

aquarium screensaver comes with winxp media center edition.... and most all the pcs retailers sell now have mce 2005.

and im fairly sure multiplexing one computer to several monitors is legal.