Here's the latest news for 2018 - hope you enjoy it.
February 2016 - Sky Channel 189 'Executive TV' - "IT Software - Moving Forward"
26th January 2016 – The Register – “Microsoft struggles against self-inflicted Office 365 IMAP outage"
22nd January 2016 - The ITAM Review - "Beware Secondary Software FUD (Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt)"
15th Dec 2015 – LinkedIn (Discount-Licensing Ltd) – “Trade-in Your Pepetual Microsoft Software”
December 2015 - Discount-Licensing Ltd Corporate Video - "Recycling Microsoft Software Licensing"
25th June 2015 - Bank of England CIO – “Beware of the cloud, beware of vendors”
5th February 2015 – LinkedIn (Kirill Bensonoff) – “Don't Move To The Cloud”
29th January 2015 - Discount-Licensing Ltd - "Commercial ‘Cloud’ Dwarfed by ‘Perpetual / on-Premises’ Software”
12th December 2014 – CRN - “Microsoft case no obstacle to future growth: Discount-Licensing”
8th December 2014 – Discount-Licensing Ltd – “Guide to the Costs & Benefits of Office 2013 versus Office 365”
1st August 2014 – Computer Weekly – “Microsoft must disclose data held in Dublin datacentre, rules US federal judge”
16th May 2014 – The Channel Register – “Cloud computing is FAIL and here’s why”
31st October 2013 - Computer Weekly - "Software Licensing: SAP terms and conditions are not above European law"
8th October 2013 – Forrester - "Navigating The Used Software Market"
September 2013 - Computer Weekly - "The IT industry must come clean on software licensing"
4th July 2013 - Computer Weekly - "Buyer beware: Millions lost from rip-off software licences"
15th May 2013 - ITAM Review - "Campaign for Clear Licensing Launched"
April 2013 - ADISA Magazine - "Software Recycling: Managing the Disposal of an Intangible It Asset" (Page 7)
October 2012 – Discount-Licensing Limited – “A Guide to Second-hand Software”
August 2012 - Market Update - Hamburg Court Ruling: Injunction issued against Microsoft
4th July 2012 - The ITAM Review - EU rules against Oracle on second-hand software licensing
July 2012 - Market Update - EU Court Landmark Ruling: Legalities of Second-Hand Software Re-affirmed!
19th June 2012 - IT Asset Management (ITAM) - Quick Guide to Second-Hand Software (Part 3 of 3: The Legalities)
1st June 2012 - IT Asset Management (ITAM) - Quick Guide to Second-Hand Software (Part 2 of 3: Demystifying The Myths)
25th May 2012 - The art and the arena - Discount-Licensing Limited exhibits at CRN Partner Connect exhibition
23rd May 2012 - IT Asset Management (ITAM) - Quick Guide to Second-Hand Software (Part 1 of 3: Industry Dynamics)
24th April 2012 - ZDNet - Downloaded software can be resold, says top EU lawyer
16th February 2012 - CRN - Microsoft VARs irate at "knee-jerk" licensing price shift
February 2012 - Market Update - ‘Usedsoft’ Bankrupt and Business Model Exposed!
24th January 2012 - IT Supply Chain - Second hand licensing is a first rate Idea
November 2010 - Government Technology Volume 9.7 - Divesting and Recycling Software Licence Assets
15th December 2009 - Channel Register - “Microsoft volume licensing website takes festive holiday”
16th July 2009 - The ITAM Review - "Trading Surplus Microsoft Agreements"
FAST ‘FLAG’ Event Paper by Discount-Licensing Ltd: ‘A Legal Eye on Licensing - Resold Software’ - presented at Lovells 23rd June, 2009
23rd June 2009 - Discount-Licensing invited to speak at FAST’s ‘Legal Advisory Group’ event: "A Legal Eye on Licensing - Resold Software"
2009 EU Software Directive (2009/24/EC) - see Page 18 - Article 4 (2). The distribution rights of the software manufacturer continue to be exhausted after the first sale of the original work.
6th March 2008 - ZDNET: “Microsoft Fails To Quash Second Hand Software Market"
28th February 2008 - OUT-LAW.com Podcast: "Second Hand Software"
4th August 2007 - Channel Register - "Trade in your software, urges UK reseller"
March 2007 - Journal of Business Law - examining and characterising “Software as Goods”
22nd November 2006 - Infoworld.com - "UK firm crosses pond to sell preowned Microsoft licenses"
11th April 2006 - OUT-LAW.com - "Users Turn To Second-hand Microsoft Licences"
11th April 2006 - Computer Weekly - “Telco reuses MS licences”
10th April 2006 - IDG News Service US - "Company Finds New Homes For Microsoft Licenses"
7th April 2006 - ZDNet - "Second-hand Microsoft Licences Take Off"
Spring 2006 Edition - UK Insolvency 'Recovery' Magazine - "Realising The Value Of Software Licences"