I foolishly thought the code would be stored somewhere on the old laptop but they tell me no. I feel so angry as this would have cost our son a lot of money and I am also angry with myself for mislaying the code when I had carefully kept everything else together. RS support say that they cannot do anything without proof of purchase. My son bought me RS Spanish but as I had all the CDs as well as the audio etc thought it would be no problem to load it on the new laptop but cannot locate the activation code. Sound silly? Contact Rosetta Stone and tell them. When you buy Rosetta Stone software, you will NOT be able to resell it without breaking the law. In addition, Rosetta Stone’s End User License Agreement expressly states that the license to use this product is non-transferable.” Your auction was shut down because Rosetta Stone’s products are copyrighted and unauthorized reproduction or distribution is illegal. They provide us with criteria to use to determine if an auction should be referred to eBay. “We, at the Business Software Alliance, act on our member companies behalf. Because BSA (Business Software Alliance) (US) is the verified rights owner in this case, we’re required to remove the listing.” When I emailed eBay and asked why, they said “With regard to your item, your listing was removed because BSA (Business Software Alliance) (US) reported that the listing infringed intellectual property rights. We’ve been using the Rosetta Stone Spanish software for a couple of years, but not as much lately so we decided to sell it on eBay. You can’t sell your Rosetta Stone software. 2013 Update: An excellent FREE alternative to Rosetta Stone is Duolingo.

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