Not a US ruling but in the EU courts in 2012 upheld that copyright exhaustion happens even if a piece of software is "licensed not sold". Though many questions

Not a US ruling but in the EU courts in 2012 upheld that copyright exhaustion happens even if a piece of software is "licensed not sold". Though many questions still remain and the ruling is pretty old now. [1] Seems there was also some movement on this in France in 2019[2], though a french ruling I don't see why the same implementation wouldn't be applicable to all EU states based on the above. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_license#Ownership_vs._licensing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_license#Ownership_vs.... [2]https://www.engadget.com/2019-09-19-french-court-valve-steam-resold.html https://www.engadget.com/2019-09-19-french-court-valve-steam...