The long-running legal battle between ValueLicensing and Microsoft over the resale of software licenses has taken another turn following Microsoft's attempt to make the case about copyright.

The litigation has rumbled since 2021 , beginning with reseller ValueLicensing filing a suit alleging Microsoft had slipped clauses into customer contracts to restrict the resale of perpetual licenses in return for discounts. The effect, according to ValueLicensing, stifled the market. A sueball claiming £270 million in lost profits was lobbed Microsoft's way.

Microsoft, naturally, denies the alleged wrongdoing and earlier this year bit back with an argument that reselling perpetual licenses was, in fact, infringing its copyright .

According to ValueLicensing, reselling a perpetual license is perfec

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