From: James Lion To: Pete ; Chris Max List ; Samuel A. Hallam ; 3dsmax@engram.net <3dsmax@engram.net>; CATI Subject: Re: Selling MAX Date: Thursday, April 20, 2000 11:48 PM If this has been covered by the list, please let me know - but for curiousity's sake, under what conditions does Kinetix allow a license transfer? Jim Lion ----- Original Message ----- From: Pete To: James Lion ; Chris Max List ; Samuel A. Hallam ; <3dsmax@engram.net>; CATI Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 6:06 PM Subject: Re: Selling MAX > While the outcome of any court preceding is never certain, there is the cost > of the trial. The bottom line seems to come back to an investment of several > thousand bucks is now worth very little. I am sure that the package could > still be sold the new owner would not have support from Kinetix. But just as > people from other countries buy the package in the US and feel okay inside > about it. This I am sure could be the case with this. Without the dongle the > software is useless so the sale of the dongle insures that no working copies > are left. So I think that although it is legally questionable to sell the > package, I really don't see any moral problem. There is no pirating or > copying, it was sold as one package originally and it is still just one > package. Who can be hurt by it just because Kinetix does not want to bother > re registering the package, does not in my opinion justify throwing the > package out. Heck if you did that someone may rescue it from the trash > anyways. > > Just my biased opinion > > And as opinions are like bung holes everyone has one > > Pete > > > > Not to beat a dead horse, or anything, but I doubt that would stand a > court > > challenge. > > > > Jim Lion > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: CATI > > To: James Lion ; Chris Max List > > ; Samuel A. Hallam ; > > <3dsmax@engram.net> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 9:28 PM > > Subject: Re: Selling MAX > > > -- Subscribe/Unsubscribe at: http://mail.engram.net/guest/RemoteListSummary/3DSTUDIOMAX List courtesy of http://www.Engram.net