software sales

Supreme Court Won't Hear Case Saying That You Have No First Sale...

Techdirt  Tue, 10/04/2011 - 15:09

We had just mentioned the infamous decision in the Vernor v.

Autodesk
case last week, in discussing the Psystar decision.

If you don't recall, the court in the Vernor case effectively decimated the concept of "first sale" in software, making it questionable if you could ever resell software that you'd bought.


 

Autodesk, eBay seller suit could impact sales of secondhand soft...

Linux Today  Wed, 09/30/2009 - 12:32

Computerworld UK: "A judge Tuesday heard arguments in a dispute over software sales that could potentially have repercussions on the secondhand sale of virtually any copyright material."