The initial acquirer of a copy of a computer programme, accompanied by an unlimited user licence, may resell that copy and his licence to a new acquirer.
However, where the original material medium of the copy that was initially delivered has been damaged, destroyed or lost, that acquirer may not provide his back-up copy of that programme to that new acquirer without the authorisation of the rightholder.
This emerged from ruling C-166/15 issued on Wednesday 12 October by the European Court...