http://www.osnews.com/story/22260/Autodesk_eBay_Seller_in_Court_Over_Reselling_Software http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2008/05/court-smacks-autodesk-affirms-right-to-sell-used-software.ars I haven't been able to read this yet, beyond a cursory glance, but I thought this might be interesting to read
I hope Autodesk loses this case. so they can't be dicks to people about selling their software anymore as long as it's done legally. Autodesk goes as far and not letting you buy their software if it's not done in the right region, or so I heard. It would surprise me if they did that.
Yeah, prestige definitely isn't the right word to use in the same sentence as Autodesk. As for these other companies in other mediums, are you talking about within the entertainment art industries, or just generally? I'd like some examples of when a large corporation extorting money (or inhibiting a means of livelihood)…
Uh, your probably all going to hate me for this, but... I think it's because Autodesk have always had that prestige about them and now that they are a bigger company they don't want any Tom, Dick or Harry selling their licences/software as it makes them seem unimportant. As far as I can remember (this was years ago) I sold…
Wait! Are you telling me, or asking me? For your information I purchased this software from a professional retail music shop for around £460, that was over 5 years ago. This program was the full Steinberg Cubase SX, comes with 12 discs, an instruction book as thick as your arm and lifetime commercial license. It wasn't…