The Lawyers Have Landed Bearing EULAs
In the past, if you bought copyrighted material, you typically had the right of “fair use” —meaning you could use the copyrighted material pretty much any way you wanted as long as your uses were personal and you were not reselling or sharing derivative works (or the original content).[3] Naturally, some gamers argue that if they pay for a game, they have the right to play it on their own servers. However, times have changed. Today, the DMCA has been used to uphold restrictions placed in the End User License Agreement (EULA) and can now include the requirement to “pay and play” using the vendor’s online service.
In fact, a EULA can place all kinds of strange restrictions on your use of licensed material. ...
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