http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20802043

so i wonder what right sony think they have to stop you giving or selling a product you have bought to someone else ?

the good old EU, yes was it tesco's who bought a load of 'designer' jeans from asia and were going to sell them at a fraction of the price, and the 'brand' took them to court in the EU and won. i think their excuse was you were paying for the name and they were cheapening their product. you would have thought the EU courts would be on the side of its citizens and being in a open market tesco could sell what they liked for what ever price they wanted, another reason why the EU is