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		contemptuous on April 9, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Videogame Publishers: No Preserving Abandoned Game... >The fact is that the idea that you can "do anything you like with any electronic devices or digital bits you acquire legally" has no current basis in US law. Is there basis in law for the opposite? If so, could you cite that? To a laymen I'm forced to compare this to what I know - namely that there are very few, if any, purchases I could make of _physical goods_ with legal restrictions on me taking them apart, physically.

obstinate on April 9, 2015 [–]

EULAs are routinely enforced. Is that what you're asking? Some examples, by no means exhaustive, can be found on this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-user_license_agreement#Enfo...

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