Not for resale law microsoft office

I cannot believe that you are that greedy to profit from a freebie and giveaway to go to such lengths to be able to sell this freebie. While I admire your courage and legal abilities to fight large corporations, in this instance while legal considering you won it is still completely unethical and could possibly ruin any future chance of corporations such as Microsoft to create and fund such events. N N I sure home Microsoft puts you on a permanent ban on any future promotional offers!!

I sincerely hope you make no money of your e-bay listing. You agree'd to host a windows 7 party, so they sent you a free copy of windows 7 along with supplies to use at the party. Its not bad enough that you received a free copy of windows 7 for hosting the party then not following though, but now your trying to profit off of it At no point have I ever said that I was not hosting the party, just that I wouldn't need the copy of Windows 7 that they provided I already have it through work , and I don't plan on using the party supplies that they sent they were hideous and tacky.

No where in the agreement for House Party did it state that you had to use either at your party. Search In. Share More sharing options Followers 0. Recommended Posts. Southern Patriot Posted October 15, Posted October 15, I had listed my Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition Party Pack on eBay and after a day or so, I got the e-mail telling me that my auction had been removed at the request of Microsoft: You recently listed the following listing: - Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition Party Pack The listing was removed because it violated eBay policy.

Some common types of software with license agreement restrictions include: - Academic software Software sold at discounted prices to students, faculty members, and educational institutions. You may need to obtain the manufacturer's consent to sell this software. You can send an email to: softwareprotection mm-microsoft. Thank you for your understanding. Hello Matthew, Thank you for your e-mail. Thank you. Surely there would be no legal difference between a promo CD and promo software?

And are you telling me that there is some difference other than the special packaging between the copies of Windows 7 Ultimate that were given to the House Party hosts and the copies that will be sold at retail? How many more times does this type of thing have to go to court before your company understands the concept of the First Sale Doctrine?

End of story. While Microsoft may be the "lb. Thanks, Matthew Elder. Hello Mr. Elder, We are in receipt of the additional information you provided regarding eBay auction , in which you were offering Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition Party Pack. FiB3R Like Loading Before any permitted transfer, the other party must agree that this agreement applies to the transfer and use of the software.

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You choose. Just because someone resells a windows or office key doesn't mean its fake, or stolen. Many are actually keys from machines that were recycled, meaning they were either scrapped or parted out and no longer functioning. Therefore they key is able to be removed and used on a different PC. You can become an MS certified reseller but it is not necessary, but if you plan on selling stuff all the time from MS then its a good idea because you get discounts on products as a result.

There's a section although hard to find on the MS website that leads to a form to fill out to be an MS reseller but the stuff on the site in the form makes me believe its for actual businesses, so you could in theory create a business and then later on setup your business as a reseller for MS products So my friend was tried his hand at e-selling MS cdkey licences and came across a site selling them yeah I know, warning bells , but me and him decided to see if they were legit so we both got windows 7 cdkeys each and he got a copy of MS office prof.

But at the same time paypal froze his account and limited it saying at first: its because of the amount of small transactions he was making between buying the keys and then selling them , then switching to its so he could refund customers if the products were not legit, then finally switching to saying and this is the part I want to ask about saying it's illegal to sell MS products without a MS licence.

Now I'm curious as cause wherever we looked, we couldn't find a single thing about needing a licence or authorization to sell MS products anywhere and on a page here I noticed someone stated, "Anyone can legally sell MS or any other software products they don't require any MS Authorization to do so.

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