EU court legalizes the re-sale of Software licenses

[walkur]

Not sure if this is the correct forum...

The EU justice court has dubbed the re-sale of software licenses legal...

summary from ZDnet:
Downloaded software can be resold just like software on physical media can, the Court of Justice of the European Union has said in a ruling that shreds the distinction between software and license sales

http://www.zdnet.com/oracle-cannot-block-the-resale-of-its-software-in-europe-7000000189/
http://www.managingip.com/Article/3...oses-to-UsedSoft-in-software-resale-case.html
http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/vz290/eu_court_of_justice_yes_you_can_resell_software/

the Ruling
http://curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...EN&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=2558320

So... this means Steam should allow people (in th EU) to sell their games?

O_O

 

[Texashiker]

So... this means Steam should allow people (in th EU) to sell their games?

O_O

I wonder how this is going to affect steam?

 

[walkur]

I wonder how this is going to affect steam?

I can see the € signs in the eyes of the lawyers that will get to find the answer to this...

 

[PokerGuy]

Seems like a good ruling to me, I don't see why there should be a distinction. You purchase something, you should be able to sell what you've purchased to someone else. I doubt the US will go along with this though.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

From the summaries of the ruling it does not look like this applies to SAAS or anything that is subscription-based.

 

[CrackRabbit]

I wonder how this is going to affect steam?

If Valve plays along with the ruling nicely I could see it working well, but it might be restricted to reselling or trading within Steam itself.
The trading/bartering system is already in place, with a few tweaks and enforcement of making sure the software is gone from the seller's PC it could work.

 

[unokitty]

Best legal news I've seen since I can't remember...

Uno