[X4U] Sell downloaded software.

Randy B. Singer randy at macattorney.com
Thu Aug 2 17:09:46 PDT 2012


On Aug 2, 2012, at 3:07 PM, Paul Moortgat wrote:

> In Europe one can sell downloaded software to someone else without  
> any problem.  It's law.
> One must delete the installed soft, that's all.

The law is the same here in the U.S.

There was a school of thought that this could be limited by the  
agreed-to shrink-wrap licensing agreement, but a famous case between  
Autodesk and an eBay retailer affirmed that you can always do so:

<http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/05/court-smacks-autodesk- 
affirms-right-to-sell-used-software/>

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