Saw this on a discount website. I don't know how it stands up internationally. Might be old news to many but interesting none the less...
Cheers Don http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/11/28/us_court_ruling_nixes_software/ & below... http://librenix.com/?inode=1527 In a blow to Adobe -- and to license restrictions throughout the software market -- the Central District Court of California ruled that software buyers can resell the software even if the End User License Agreement prohibits it. The U.S. district court ruling suggests that, as the owner of that copy of Windows that you got stuck with when you bought your computer, you have the right to sell it -- just like any other product you might own. I wonder if this means that eBay will relax their restrictions on software auctions. The judge, in the case Adobe vs Softman heard in the Central District of California, has ruled that consumers can resell bundled software, no matter what the EULA, or End User License Agreement, stipulates. Specifically, the ruling decrees that software purchases be treated as sales transactions, rather than explicit license agreements. In other words, consumers should have the same rights they'd enjoy under existing copyright legislation when buying a CD or a book. They can't make copies, but they can resell what they own. ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
