Used Software Can Be Sold, Says EU Court of Justice

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Sique writes "An author of software cannot oppose the resale of his 'used' licenses allowing theuse of his programs downloaded from the internet. The exclusive right of distribution of a copy of a computer program covered by such a license is exhausted on its first sale. This was decided [Tuesday] (PDF) by the Court of Justice of the European Union in a case of Used Soft GmbH v. Oracle International Corp.."

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