>Interesting. I'm pretty sure I can rent a computer for a week (say) that has software loaded on it...Able to last time I checked (a couple of years ago).
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>>I'm not an attorney, nor an expert in software law. But, as a result of that MicroPro case, the software industry forced the laws to be changed and it eventually become illegal to rent software. I can't say if this is still the law today.


Technically, you are renting the hardware..not the software. The software is provided "free-of-charge". If they try to charge for the software, they could be in violation of the law.