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What is the real legal power of 'resell rights' license?

by Alminc
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When you purchase a product (ebook, course, etc) with some kind
of 'rights' you most often get the file called rights.txt along with the
product where your rights are specified.

You know, something like:

[YES] Can sell this product
[NO ] Can pass source files
.
.
. etc.

But what is the real legal power of such license issued by the seller?
What legal actions, if any, can the seller undertake against the buyer
who doesn't abide by the license terms?

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  • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
    The seller has the real legal power to do anything he or she wants. If for some reason they end up changing their mind saying you can not sell the product, they can sue you saying that you sold it without authorization. They can technically deny ever giving rights to anyway. The seller has full control in this situation, I believe.

    The real question is, would the seller actually pursue anything and go through the trouble? In a situation like this, I'm not sure if the seller could file locally, or they would need an attorney to facilitate this in your state. Not sure about that at all. Hmmm.

    Just be ethical, don't do anything you shouldn't do and you won't need to worry about it. But the seller definitely has the power here.
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    • Profile picture of the author Brian John
      Originally Posted by iAmNameLess View Post

      The seller has the real legal power to do anything he or she wants. If for some reason they end up changing their mind saying you can not sell the product, they can sue you saying that you sold it without authorization. They can technically deny ever giving rights to anyway.
      interesting, although i'm not sure it's completely accurate. if it can be demonstrated that the seller gave certain rights for a given product, how can the buyer be at fault? after all, they have solid evidence they were given the rights to do what they did.
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  • Profile picture of the author dc_publius
    The power depends on the person that sold it to you.

    If the original company doesn't do anything to enforce their rights and sue people that resell without permission - the resell rights are completely worthless.

    If they do pursue in court people that resell their stuff, then the resell rights are actually worth something.
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