Can you resell your software back-up copy?
On 12 October 2016 the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") rendered another decision regarding the sale of used software within the EU/EEA (C 166/15). The judgment answers the question raised by the Criminal Law Division of the Riga Regional Court (Latvia) whether, in short, the initial acquirer of a copy of a computer program is entitled to resell his back-up copy of that program if the original material medium of the copy has been damaged.
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