Comments on: Europe's highest court legalizes resale of used software

By: Jack Longchamp

Jack Longchamp — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 18:41:47 +0000

In reply to Noel.

That is interesting… I mean basically, Amazon does it too so we stay away.

We have already shortened our licences
from lifetime to an experimental 99 years,
people will just have to prolong.

What a shitty deal for business the EU is,
may it break down in its own righteousness
and crumble. Only I sell what I create the EU
just creates shambles.

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By: Noel

Noel — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 12:57:26 +0000

This court ruling puts a long awaited dent in the FUD (Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt) tactics employed by the software vendors. However, worth noting that Usedsoft’s use of a ‘Notary’ (in part, to hide where the licences came from) was deemed illegal by the German courts and Usedsoft is now also going through insolvency proceedings. There are other secondary software licence suppliers whom adopt more transparent business models that do not rely on the Exhaustion Principle eg: http://www.discount-licensing.com.

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