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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Ethics of crippler circuitry
Message-ID: <3070@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 12 Feb 89 16:34:26 GMT
References: <7143@pyr.gatech.EDU> <11630010@hpsmtc1.HP.COM> <6322@saturn.ucsc.edu>
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In article <6322@saturn.ucsc.edu>, haynes@ucscc.UCSC.EDU (Jim Haynes) writes:
> There's also a legal doctrine of first sale I read about recently.  Once
> something is sold the seller can't restrain the buyer from doing as he
> pleases with it, so long as what he does is not illegal.

Yes, but what about warrantees? That's the stick they generally use here.
There's nothing to keep them from discontinuing warranty support after you
perform such unauthorised repairs.
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