Haven't read the opinion, but I wonder, does this apply only to games that are originally purchased with currency, or would it also apply to in-game stuff?
It applies to all software, specifically including software built into hardware (which would mean that BIOSs and firmware were included, apparentlyjust in case any company wanted to try to get smart and prevent the resale of physical items by embedding a CPU in them and licensing the BIOS to people).
SmartMuffin posted...
Like, would this mean that Blizzard cannot prevent people from listing WoW characters/gold/etc. on ebay?
It seems doubtful. "Software" would generally refer to an executable program and the associated files necessary to run it. I can see the interpretation of "software" stretching to things like movies and music, but I can't see how it would stretch as far as in-game items. This is something that may need a proper legal interpretation in future, but it seems to me like there is a definable gap between "software" and other types of data, and that in-game stuff wouldn't count as software.