Adobe Loss in California District Court, Good News for Classi cCmp rs

From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
Date: Thu Nov 29 16:29:05 2001

> On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure how many of you have seen this yet, but Adobe has lost a
> > suit regarding the transferrability of software licenses. The court
> > has rules that even if the wording of a license specifically prohibits
> > the resale of the software by the original buyer to a new owner, the
> > original owner is within their rights in doing so.
> >
> > Of course, without a doubt, Adobe will likely appeal this at least as
> > far as the California Supreme Court. We can only hope they'll lose
> > there as well.
>
> We can only hope that common sense will continue to prevail.

We can only hope!

-dq
Received on Thu Nov 29 2001 - 16:29:05 GMT

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