This link is to a legal judgement against Adobe asserting, in essence, that when it sells software, the particular instances of the software are sold, not licensed. That means that a person who buys the software can turn around and resell it as he or she pleases. This ruling - if it stands though appeals - will have a significant impact as the model favored by software and other publishers is that they retain control of content that they sell. But, as Judge Pregerson writes, "Adobe seeks to control the resale of a lawfully acquired copy of its software. Adobe?s position in this action would be more akin to a journalist who claimed that ownership of the copyright to an article allowed him or her to control the resale of a particular copy of a newspaper that contained that article."
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