[BlazingArizona]

Can someone out there “bottom line” what is going on here. What exactly was it that Vernor did that Autodesk didn’t like?

"First sale" doctrine means that if you buy a product, you have a no-strings right to resell that single item to someone else. You still can;t sell copies of the item, or rent it out, or do anything else that "makes a single item into many".,p. Now if only this ruling could be applied to airline tickets...

[Positive]

"You still can;t sell copies of the item, or rent it out, or do anything else that "makes a single item into many'

So does this ruling clear the way for a hypothetical situation such as this?

I hang around a software store and see a customer buy a retail version of KillerAp 1.0.

I buy this software for a very low price after the original owner has had time to install it and of course make a reliable "backup" of the whole package.

Now that I own the "original" can I sell it on eBay?