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Well all I can say is you can thank pirates for the the tight laws and eventual rulings. Isn't it a little puzzling too why $6000 software is up for sale at garage sales? My guess is that the original user was on subscription which gives you at least one new version a year. In reallity unless the new version is something special, many users choose not to install and hold all their unopened version packs. However, the user has paid for a license to use the product whether by subscription or not. Installing the product on separate machines that are run concurrently is a not allowed within an organisation as a license is needed for each, not a new set of disks but a license. These unopened packs should not be sold and the sellers should also be prosecuted.
I wouldn't buy any software used since I don't know its history nor trust it's source which is sad really since many people are genuine and were the original owners and just don't need the software anymore. And then there are the pirates which have ruined it all!
What does peeve me is when you as a genuine user want to upgrade your ageing PC but keep the software like Acrobat, Office that still works fine and yet you cannot because the software has been activated on one PC and cannot be installed on another PC even if you no longer use the old one and have retired it, (not sold it). Adobe is particularly strict in this regard but you can thank pirates for that too!
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