will we ever be able to resell digital content?

[Adinnieken]

Tom3k said:

Adinnieken said:
In the EU, a German court has already ruled that consumers must be allowed to resell digital content.

The services need to catch up with the regulations as the capability exists within the technology already.

It was not a German court, but the Court of Justice of the European Union, which is actually located in Luxembourg.

The court stated: “An author of software cannot oppose the resale of his ‘used’ licences allowing the use of his programs downloaded from the internet.”

Thank you for the clarification.  The totallity of that decision is that second-hand sales are permitted in digital sales (in Europe).  The only exception to this, that I know if, is if it is a lease or a rental, where the holder of the license has no right to the use beyond a limited time frame.