FYI Ben just updated the market place rules to cover this issue.

Important note regarding sales in the EU

According to a 2012 judgement by the Court of Justice of the European Union: "An author of software cannot oppose the resale of his 'used' licences allowing the use of his programs downloaded from the internet".

An official press release / summary is available here (PDF)

This states "even if the licence agreement prohibits a further transfer, the rightholder can no longer oppose the resale of that copy."

We are not in the legal profession here at KVR, but with this information you can decide what to do.

If you wish to sell something that was considered unsellable before this judgement and the "author of software" hasn't (yet?) changed their policy, we ask that you make it clear in your sale post that there is the potential that the sale / transfer process may not go smoothly (and make it clear why).

In any event, we are in no position to arbitrate between the seller, the "author of software" and / or the buyer.

it's a european law and it is valid for european countrys and therefore companys.
is there a image line office in europe?

if not,why should the law be applied in the usa as well?


if you download content form a site from usa there is no reason why a european law should be applied until you send a bunch of lawyers to usa and bring it to the court in the usa.


i think ben's decision might confuse people about jurisdiction.

imo,it is not legal to sell an account,just the software which you're not able to sell at the moment, until image line speaks a official word about it and change the eula (which is the us law)..

you don't need to be a lawyer to understand some simple facts

you don't need to be a lawyer to make the difference between a judgement & a law

yes,true,is it even a law? no it was a judgement of a court,a sentence (if my english is correct)

Hink please understand that I do not own FL studio but only a bunch of VSTis and I am not putting anything for sale until I am sure myself tha it is all right.

As tony pointed out several times by now, it will have a MUCH GREATER impact than just the ridiculous small audio industry.

Indeed. You'll buy no software anymore, you'll only be able to rent it. The same goes for music (streaming instead of buying a license).

Of course you can offer them on the marketplace but what happens after you've sold one of your IL plugins to me?).

Then I would give you my password to my account, where you would be able to change the user info etc. and download whatever future updates.

But this only works if you sell *all* your licenses to 1 person.