[...] You OWN NOTHING except a piece of paper that > constitutes a license to use their binary code. They owed you nothing, > and > moreover, would have been within the rights granted them by that license > to > revoke your license to use the product with their demise. Take a few > minutes to actually read a EULA [...] > Hmm this is maybe true for the US but here in europe it's a bit different. I'm not a lawyer but i'm almost sure that in the most countries here you OWN a copy of the software you bought and that it's your right to sell it, make a backup etc...