What to do with unwanted Data cd's?

[Cell]

will do
 

[bitty_matriarch]

All the cds that came with various magazines, and that I do not need, have been given to my local Family History Society.  They have a selection for members to use at their headquarters.   They also keep a stock of old magazines.  Very handy at times!  Nanny Jan 

I had thought of doing the same.  And thanks for the tip about magazines

Regards,  Ann

[uk2003]

I have sold a few original data cd's on ebay and never had a problem.

Just had a look at ebay and private sellers are still selling products from S&N and Archive books. Some are on the brink of being sold (less than 30 minutes) so they have run the full auction.

If I had any originals right now I would put them on. you go for it Cell 

It also looks like some pirates have been put on as well - I would steer clear of them myself

[joanne56]

wouldn't mind a pirate myself, Johnny Depp style , swarthy, kind of ragged round the edges, carefree swashbuckler, adventurous, daring and ........ oh sorry ......... what were we talking about?...
Oh yes ....copyright and agreements.
How many of us do you think they might actually SPEND money on enforcing their rights over information that is rightfully ours in the first place? And if you did purchase a CD in a charity shop would you still be bound by the agreement originally made by the initial purchaser?  I think not.  Therefore if your mate sells it for you on ebay or carboot they are not legally bound. You can legally give it to anybody you like or they could find it in a bin or even on the high seas .....oops there I go Again..... and then dispose of it as they wish.

they have hijacked our data and made it into a multi billion $ concern and we really do appreciate it, but like everything else in life they know it can't last and sooner or later all this info will be freely available to all and they won't mind too much because they will be too busy counting their money and investing it in the next mass exploitation.

Hey where would we be without pirates..

[Tephra]

You had me drooling there for a minute Joanne     

Seriously, I'd do whatever you wished with the CD's, I pass mine on to the local history society and they use them.

Barbara

[uk2003]

I sent this question to ebay seller S&N direct

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Could you please clear a question about this product I was thinking of purchasing.

As you have stated this product cannot be resold, do you have a buy back policy? I need to find 5 people and £32.95 is a bit steep if you cannot sell on in its original form.

I dont wish to be stuck with the set once I have got the information.

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Answer was

Thank you for your email concerning the census cd sets. Our census sets are all sold with a non transferable user licence that gives the
purchaser the right to use the set for his or her own research.The data is Crown Copyright and copyright S&N British Data Archive Ltd. Sets come with the licence agreement which states you are agreeing to the terms by opening the
package. This seal has to be broken before use.
The reason for having such a licence is to enable us to continue the project of
publishing the whole census on CD Rom. Constantly reselling the same set on eBay
jeopardises this project as where this has happened in the past we don't break even on
the production of that county.

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Load of old Bull S*** to me - I would still sell on, if I ever had a brain lapse and purchased such an over priced product.

Now it makes the ancestry subscription look good. 

[Lydart]

Another way of getting rid of spare FH CD's is to offer them on your local Free-Cycle site ...    check out    http://www.freecycle.org/   (which if you are in UK looks American, but type in your nearest town and see what you get !   Not all areas have set up a scheme yet).

I don't know what to suggest if you want to sell them ...

[bitty_matriarch]

I'm about to sell some of of my CD's on Ebay that I no longer need. I don't see the problem myself. I'll be  listing  mine exactly the same way  I sell anything else of mine from clothes to books that I no longer need 

How did you get on?

As I now have quite a few similar CDs that i no longer have a need for and had thought to put on eBay, et al.

Regards,  Ann

[stonechat]

I think it is software that is licensed, not really sure how the data can be licensed

Bob