/ Products and services / Used software licenses

Used software licenses

Used software licenses (or used licenses) are still the same software licenses as new ones. The only difference is the price. It is identical product, , but if you choose licenses from free market, you can save up to 80 % of the initial price.

How does it work?

Trade with used software licenses was declared to be legal

stated in the ruling of the Court of Justice of the EU C-128/11, based on Directive 2009/24. If you no longer need a perpetual, fully paid software license, you can sell it further without any restrictions

How much you can save?

See the indicative price list or contact us for the current offer.

Price list Contact us

1 mil.+

Sold licenses

40 %

Average savings

when using PREDNY SLM hybrid solutions

16+

Years on market

and countless satisfied customers

Rules for resale of software licenses

In the EU Directive 2009/24/EC, in Article 4, paragraph 2, we can find a specific provision which states that the first sale of software terminates the author’s right to control its further resale (there is a so called exhaustion of rights).

In the event of exhaustion of rights, it represents a situation where the rightholder of a copy of software program places specific copies of the software on the market, thereby “exhausting” his right to control further distribution of this copy. If the conditions stipulated by legal regulations are met, the author cannot restrict or prohibit further resale and subsequent distribution of these software copies in the future.

Summary of legislation, case law and other views on licenses from free market:

More about legislation and case law

Rules for transferring licenses in a nutshell

The first licensee purchased the licenses with the consent of the copyright holder.
The first acquirer purchased licenses in the state of the European Union/EEA.
The first licensee will ensure that the licenses are uninstalled, not used and will prevent their usage in the future.
The licenses were fully paid, not leased, by both the original and new purchaser.
Licenses are not subjected to any third party rights.

Only complete documentation guarantees a smooth software auditing process

Transfer security guarantees

In accordance with the above-mentioned standards, all transfers of licenses via PREDNY SLM are accompanied by complete and transparent documentation, incl. declaration of the first acquirers:

Volume licensing contracts

We trade exclusively with licenses coming from volume licensing contracts. Thanks to this, we can guarantee the origin of the licenses.

Complete chain of owners

For each transfer, we supply a complete chain of custody of all previous licensees so that the origin of the licenses can always be proven during an audit.

Screenshots from the original VLSC

We buy licenses directly, so unlike other "sellers" we prove the existence of the license registration in the original Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC) account.

Transparency of transfers

We supply all identifying information of the original assignee for each license transfer, contract, license and purchase order numbers and all necessary documentation.

Security and audits

Buy-out processes are regularly audited and transactions are published in the bitcoin blockchain.

Easy administration

The SWTP™ electronic license management platform delivers a greater license management comfort than the VLSC/Business Microsoft accounts.

Get qoute

Beware of gray market sellers!

In addition to clearly counterfeit or stolen software product sellers (usually recognizable by their noticeably low price), there are also so-called gray market sellers who claim to sell “legal licenses”. Often, such vendors hide behind electronic software distribution (ESD) licenses, CoA labels, various other certificates or statements, which try to force customers to think that everything is legal and that they take full responsibility in the event of a problem. However, they know very well that copyright law applies the so-called presumption of guilt, when the end user must always prove legal acquisition of software license. This means that if the license proves to be illegal (or non-existent) during the audit, this user must, under copyright law, pay the author of the software the usual price for the software and twice that price as a fine. In addition, the user will have to pay the cost of the software audit.

So does the seller’s warranty matter? Unfortunately, mostly not. We know from experience that many dubious sellers will cease to exist over time. And if not, after paying all fines and costs, it is only possible to claim damages from this seller, such cases usually take several years in court.

Always request complete and transparent documentation
The activation key or CoA label doesn’t represent a license
The seller’s warranty does not release you from liability
Beware of unreasonably low prices

Does the dealer's warranty itself have any meaning?

Mostly not, unfortunately.

We know from experience that many dubious sellers cease to exist over time. And if they do not, it is only after all fines and costs have been paid that it is possible to claim compensation from the seller. Usually, such cases drag on in court for several years.

Operating systems and office applications