I believe First Sale trumps license terms. It's about time software companies realize their products have to play by the same rules as all other copyrighted works.
To: antiRepublicrat
I have CAD through AutoDesk...it was a foregone conclusion, I thought, that a resale was a big (a very big) no-no. That software is OUTRAGEOUSLY expensive, however. I got a discount as an interior design student or I could never have afforded it.
To: antiRepublicrat
I believe First Sale trumps license terms. It’s about time software companies realize their products have to play by the same rules as all other copyrighted works.
Except that the “rules” (federal law) are different.
3 posted on
09/13/2007 11:26:32 AM PDT by
Atlas Sneezed
("We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts; I support them, I won't chip away at them" -Mitt Romney)
To: antiRepublicrat
I’m still running Autocad 2000, but I only use it for wireframe stuff. Any solid modeling I do gets done with Esprit. I don’t know how there current offerings measure up, but Autodesk always seemed very weak on surfaces & solids.
4 posted on
09/13/2007 11:34:02 AM PDT by
lesser_satan
(FRED THOMPSON '08)
To: antiRepublicrat
I wonder whay this ruling could do to Microsoft. Their policy is that Microsoft software cannot be resold.
5 posted on
09/13/2007 11:35:51 AM PDT by
jdietz
("There's small Revenge in Words, but Words may be greatly revenged" Ben Franklin)
To: antiRepublicrat
Reminds me of that idiot Garth Brooks trying to shut down used CD sales back in the early 90s.
6 posted on
09/13/2007 11:37:39 AM PDT by
Sloth
(You being wrong & me being closed-minded are not mutually exclusive.)
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10 posted on
09/13/2007 12:01:40 PM PDT by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: antiRepublicrat
I use MicroStation anyway, so I don’t care.
11 posted on
09/13/2007 12:27:21 PM PDT by
El Conservador
("The world needs to be reminded that all human ills are not curable by legislation" - Warren Harding)
To: antiRepublicrat
As law first sale would defiantly trump a EULA, you can not sign a contract that restricts a legally ranted right. The solution for companies like AutoDesk is to go straight to a subscription model rather than try to sell software and claim you can resell..
12 posted on
09/13/2007 12:52:42 PM PDT by
N3WBI3
(Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak....)
To: Nightshift
17 posted on
09/13/2007 4:08:02 PM PDT by
tutstar
(Baptist Ping list - freepmail me to get on or off.)
To: antiRepublicrat; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; null and void; Larry Lucido; Eric Blair 2084; ...
Twice I had crap like this sprung on me over selling Zippo Lighters and Tuskegee Airmen items...
Both times, it was a con job demanding I pay them a licensing fee for selling items I bought from legal wholesalers for resale!
I told both... 
And I do no carry any Zippo Lighters nor Tuskegee Airmen pins or wings anymore and will burn in Hell before I pay them one red cent!
18 posted on
09/13/2007 4:20:18 PM PDT by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: antiRepublicrat
Thanks for posting this. It could be an important case if he follows it all the way through.
24 posted on
09/14/2007 10:25:06 AM PDT by
zeugma
(If I eat right, don't smoke and exercise, I might live long enough to see the last Baby Boomer die.)
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