At 08:46 AM 10/25/01 +0800, dreamuffin wrote the following: >I'm living in Asia and is contemplating purchasing licensed computer >software through international auction sites. Does anyone know if there >would be any licensing/registration issues if I use a computer software >bought in America (for example) ? I contacted the respective software >companies regarding this but none of them gave me a reply.
The general rule for US users is that anyone purchasing used software has the same rights as the original owner as long as the original owner destroys any and all copies they may have. The main problem with used software is registration. Many software manufacturers have post cards that you send in to register. Without the post card or some other method it's almost impossible to re-register. You might look at the UCITA (Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act) http://www.arl.org/info/frn/copy/ucitapg.html and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act http://www.arl.org/info/frn/copy/dmca.html Another problem area may come about with encryption techniques. US law forbids exporting and/or selling certain encryption technologies outside of the US. If the software you buy contained encryption technology only for US use, you or the seller could be in violation of US law. See http://www.bxa.doc.gov/Encryption/tech.htm And another problem might be with the actual language or the code page the software is written in. If you happen to be running an English version of Windows then purchasing English versions of software would be no problem. However, the same cannot be said for non-English versions. For example, see this site that specializes in selling specific language versions of software: http://www.worldlanguage.com/ProductTypes/OperatingSystems.htm -- Gerry Boyd ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
