The end of software ownership

My article for CNET this morning, "The end of software ownership…and why to smile," looks at the important decision a few weeks ago in the Ninth Circuit copyright case, Vernor v. Autodesk.  (See also excellent blog posts on Eric Goldman's blog. Unfortunately these posts didn't run until after I'd finished the CNET piece.)

The CNET article took the provocative position that Vernor signals the eventual (perhaps imminent) end to the brief history of users "owning" "copies" of software that they ...