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The world of proprietary software is currently experiencing a veritable potentially major conversion like other market trends, such as open source, the Software as a Service and Cloud Computing. All this stems from the opening in Italy to the used software market and the ability to extract value from the assets of a company in the software, transferring them to the second-hand market.

Many are in fact the companies that might yield a product no longer in use, due to a change of computer system, extraordinary transactions (such as corporate restructuring or relocation of production activities), of insolvency proceedings or simple cessation of the business, rather than for the simple need to purchase licenses, if only as a result of a “license audit.” Know the existence of this possibility and the conditions under which the transfer operations can be safely constitutes an alternative in most of the possible business strategies on procurement of IT resources and management of financial resources.

Back in July 2012, the European Court of Justice has spoken on the subject of software protection, declaring legitimate the sale of licenses already held by third parties with respect to the manufacturer (hence the term “used”). Specifically, he ruled that the author of a computer program can not oppose the resale of licenses “used”, that already owned by third parties, stating the principle that the exclusive right to distribute a copy of a computer program, covered by license for an indefinite time period, not end with the first sale. Each subsequent purchaser of the copy of software is, therefore, a legitimate purchaser and can install the product that was sold, even if by a third party, edutilizzarlo within the limits of the original license terms or resell in turn.

And the repercussions for companies who choose to access the software used market are definitely positive:

• free up financial resources through the sale of products no longer used; save on the purchase of licenses;
• optimize cash flows, allowing the exchange mechanism to regulate part of the licenses purchased with the sale of products not
• used; access, at the same cost, in products of high range more software than those to the scope of the customer’s spending capacity.

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