Press Coverage
The following illustrates the worldwide coverage that Discount-Licensing.com and pre-owned Microsoft licensing has attracted:
Jan 2010 - ZDNet UK - "Glitch leaves Microsoft customers out in the cold (VLSC portal)"
15th December 2009 – Channel Register - “Microsoft volume licensing website takes festive holiday”
October 2009 - Autodesk fails in its bid to prevent the second-hand sale of its software – OUT-LAW.com: "US court says software is owned, not licensed”
16th July 2009 - The ITAM Review - "Trading Surplus Microsoft Agreements"
FAST ‘FLAG’ Event Paper by Discount-Licensing.com Ltd: ‘A Legal Eye on Licensing – Resold Software’ – presented at Lovells 23rd June, 2009
23rd June 2009 – Discount-Licensing.com invited to speak at FAST’s ‘Legal Advisory Group’ event: "A Legal Eye on Licensing - Resold Software"
2009 EU Software Directive (2009/24/EC) - see Page 18 - Article 4 (2). The distribution rights of the software manufacturer continue to be exhausted after the first sale of the original work.
6th March 2008 – ZDNET: “Microsoft Fails To Quash Second Hand Software Market"
28th February 2008 – OUT-LAW.com Podcast: "Second Hand Software"
4th August 2007 - Channel Register - "Trade in your software, urges UK reseller"
March 2007 - Journal of Business Law – examining and characterising “Software as Goods”
22nd November 2006 - Infoworld.com - "UK firm crosses pond to sell preowned Microsoft licenses"
27th August 2006 - The Sunday Business Post Ireland - "Reality Bytes: Second-hand Could Be Good First Choice"
11th April 2006 - OUT-LAW.com - "Users Turn To Second-hand Microsoft Licences"
11th April 2006 - Techworld US- "Second-hand Microsoft Licenses Fuel Start-up"
10th April 2006 - IDG News Service US - "Company Finds New Homes For Microsoft Licenses"
7th April 2006 - ZDNet - "Second-hand Microsoft Licences Take Off"
Spring 2006 Edition - UK Insolvency 'Recovery' Magazine - "Realising The Value Of Software Licences"
November 2005 - Ovum - "The Emerging Trade In Second-hand Microsoft Licences"
29th November 2005 - Birmingham Post - "Disclic Spots Niche in Market"
22nd November 2005 - VNUNet / IT Week - "Contract Flaw Opens Second-hand Windows Market"
14th November 2005 - ZDNet - "Microsoft Licensing Prices Tipped To Fall"
11th November 2005 - The Channel Insider - "Dumpster Diving for Microsoft Software"
11th November 2005 - Computer Weekly - "Reseller Sells Second-Hand Software Licences"
10th November 2005 - Channel Register - "Second-hand Software Licences For Sale"
9th November 2005 - OUT-LAW.com - "Second-hand Software Licences For Sale (and they're legal)"
2001 EU Directive (2001/29/EC) – refer to Clause 28. The first sale of the original of a work or copies thereof by the rightholder exhausts the right to control resale of that object in the Community"
1991 EC Software Directive (91/250/EEC) – refer to Article 4. The first sale of a copy of a program by the rightholder shall exhaust the distribution right within the Community of that copy "
