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Story: Microsoft fails to quash second-hand software market
It is only true up to a point
Thanks for the talkback. The first point to be clear on is that all you buy is a license to use the software. The software is owned by Microsoft and they will always own it.
Your license is subject to the terms and conitions set out by Microsoft. Until October 2007, Microsoft did allow the transfer of these licenses (look for the Ts&Cs on the Microsoft web-site which you will find underlicensing).
So assuming you bought your software before the deadline, and as it is XP we are talking about we can assume you did, then you can sell the software.
However, it may not be worth a great deal. You can look for second-hand Microsoft software on the web. The site www.discount-licensing.com is a good place to start except that they only deal with large multiple licenses. Nevertheless, it does contain a lot of general informaion that might be useful.
One word of warning. There is a lot of stolen software out there that could get you into trouble very quickly so the usual replies. They are simply to be very careful about dealing with any company until you have made some checks into their validity, how long they have been in business, the information on their sites must be genunine and not just appear that way and so on.
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