Edison_Eula_closeup

    Read the EULA. Tom didn't just want to protect his IP, he wanted to set market price-floors too. The rascal.

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    2. dattho (41 months ago | reply)

      Wow. What a find!

    3. Eric Andersson (41 months ago | reply)

      The wording is still almost the same.

    4. vrmedia_sg (41 months ago | reply)

      So he's the one who started it all?

      VR-Zone

    5. lvachon (41 months ago | reply)

      Seeing as he invented the concept of "copying sound" I'd say it's a safe bet that he invented the rules to go along with it.

    6. Alan Rappa (41 months ago | reply)

      Amazing

    7. iampriteshdesai (41 months ago | reply)

      The world's first EULA

    8. randylf (41 months ago | reply)

      That is great!

    9. robinlu (41 months ago | reply)

      The genius of Edison wasn't only in his engineering (which was great, I admit) but also in his savvy around marketing, licensing and patenting. Many inventions popularly attributed to him were merely licensed from others, or created by employees.

      There's a talent to creating things, and then another talent in knowing how to become insanely wealthy through them.

      In our era, I see a parallel to Bill Gates, who similarly launched an empire by cleverly licensing purchased technologies.

    10. Adamk0310 (41 months ago | reply)

      Sorry, Tom. The first sale doctrine applies.

    11. tape (27 months ago | reply)

      IJLS "authorized jobber"

    12. dru_ed (27 months ago | reply)

      Adamk0310, I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not but first sale doctrine wasn't recognized by SCOTUS until sometime in 1908, the last year mentioned in the listed patents so, in fact, Edison's "EULA" may well have predated the doctrine even in this example.

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