Comments on: Reselling Software Legal — For the Moment http://madisonian.net/2008/05/28/reselling-software-legal-for-the-moment/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Thu, 10 May 2012 20:32:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Patrick Dowden http://madisonian.net/2008/05/28/reselling-software-legal-for-the-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-270376 Patrick Dowden Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:39:51 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=1420#comment-270376 Since AutoDesk lost the court case it seems logical that there is some responsibility to uphold the validity of the "used" license. So, that leaves the question: if the court says that it is legal to re-sell an original copy of AutoCAD, what responsibility does AutoDesk have to allow the buyer of the used software to register their legally purchased copy? Upon installation AutoCAD software goes into demo mode then expires after 30 days if it is unregistered. So where does that leave the buyer of the used software when his 30 days is up? All versions of AutoCAD since 2006 require the online registration/blessing of AutoDesk. But based on the court's decision, AutoCAD software is to be treated as a sale and not as a license, and therefore it is legal to sell a used copy (provided that it was properly uninstalled by the original user). Shouldn' t AutoDesk, in following with the court order, be required to grant these registrations to allow these people who legally purchased a used copy to use their software past the 30 day demo mode? Since AutoDesk lost the court case it seems logical that there is some responsibility to uphold the validity of the “used” license.

So, that leaves the question: if the court says that it is legal to re-sell an original copy of AutoCAD, what responsibility does AutoDesk have to allow the buyer of the used software to register their legally purchased copy? Upon installation AutoCAD software goes into demo mode then expires after 30 days if it is unregistered. So where does that leave the buyer of the used software when his 30 days is up? All versions of AutoCAD since 2006 require the online registration/blessing of AutoDesk.

But based on the court’s decision, AutoCAD software is to be treated as a sale and not as a license, and therefore it is legal to sell a used copy (provided that it was properly uninstalled by the original user). Shouldn’ t AutoDesk, in following with the court order, be required to grant these registrations to allow these people who legally purchased a used copy to use their software past the 30 day demo mode?

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