The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals just ruled that a buyer of software can’t resell it because the buyer doesn’t really own the software. The buyer actually licensed it, so no legal resale is possible. That decision flies in the face of the established “First Sale Doctrine.”
Continue reading Legal Briefing: You Don’t Own Your Software, So You Can’t Resell It
Legal Briefing: You Don’t Own Your Software, So You Can’t Resell It originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 12 Sep 2010 20:30:00.
Filed Under: Company News, Technology, Columns