Not sure what consumer protection law you think would kick in and allow this Greenbean? None that I know of. EULAs are enforceable unless unfair (there are lots of laws teasing out unfairness and what must be in the EULA) but none of them say you can disregard a legitimate restriction of a copyright owner to require that it grants the licence… or at least none in Ireland at any rate. Would be interested to get your response…