Distribution (right of)

The right of distribution is set out in Article 4(1) of Directive 2001/29/EC (the Copyright Directive or Infosoc Directive), which requires that Member States shall provide for authors, in respect of the original of their works or of copies thereof, the exclusive right to authorise or prohibit any form of distribution to the public
by sale or otherwise.
Case Law, Distribution (right of), Exceptions and Limitations, Exhaustion, Making available (right of), Transfer (of right)

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The question, whether software licences for computer programs that were purchased in an intangible form (via download from the sellers’ server) can be resold by the first acquirer and used by the second buyer without consent of the right holder, has to be interpreted in light of the computer program directive 2009/24/EG. A full summary…