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Illegal != breach of contract. They control the activation servers, they can just refuse activation if they felt you've violated the contract.

• Tijdreiziger 6y ago
  "Europe's highest court ruled on Tuesday that the trading of 'used' software licenses is legal and that the author of such software cannot oppose any resale." [1] [1] https://www.computerworld.com/article/2505356/eu-court-rules-resale-of-used-software-licenses-is-legal----even-online.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/2505356/eu-court-rules...
  • nottorp 6y ago
    Tuesday, July 3, 2012. Did that ruling change anything in practice? I don't see ads for used Windows licenses anywhere.
    • Tijdreiziger 6y ago
      For example: https://www.kinguin.net/category/19429/windows-10-professional-oem-key/ https://www.kinguin.net/category/19429/windows-10-profession...
      • nottorp 6y ago
        I don't see anything about that being a used key. On the contrary, it warns you it can only be activated once for one hardware combination. Edit: those are usually MSDN or volume license keys that shouldn't be resold but will activate nevertheless. Reselling those may be legal only in the EU, but still, they're not used.
  • gruez 6y ago
    But this is pertaining to msdn subscriptions, which provide keys for a variety of Microsoft products. According to the article, you can't break them up to sell individually >In a small victory for Oracle, the ECJ ruling prevents resellers from breaking up a license and selling only part of it if they have purchased licenses for more users than they need.