Cybertime Software Sold a Software Package to a Client

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Essay

Cybertime Software sold a software package to a client.The terms of the contract provided that the client was purchasing use of the software for 6 months.Cybertime delivered the software copy on compact disks,encoded to become usable on May 1,2002,with payment due from the client by June 1,2002.Unbeknownst to the client,the software was set to disable on June 15,2002 unless Cybertime supplied the client with special software to reactivate the program,which would be done upon full payment.Discuss the legality of this situation.

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