Ever wondered why people can resell OEM licences?
This is why: "An author of software cannot oppose the resale of his ‘used’ licences allowing the use of his programs downloaded from the internet"
Sources:
1. Court of Justice of the European Union - Press Release
2. Judgment of the Court
According to The Directive 2009/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, and Sec.103(f) of the DMCA (17 U.S.C. § 1201 (f)), the reverse engineering act committed to creating these blog posts is considered legal, as this is an original attempt to improve interoperability, and cannot be waived by license agreements.
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