Which countries allow the resale of used software licences?
In the international copyright law, the so-called territorial principle is applicable: The developer has no global copyright validated worldwide, but a bundle of national copyrights. I.e. that in every single case the law of the country where the licence owner seeks protection for his copyright is to be applied. However, the jurisdiction within the EU is comparable to the German legal practice, as the EU law is attached to a similar principle. Therefore, on a European as well as on a national level, the following is to be regarded: If a computer program has been brought into transit within the bounderies of the EU with the consent of the licence owner, the copyright of the developer is thereby exhausted.
