In theory if you’re based in the EU yes you can buy a second hand copy and I believe Autodesk would be bound by EU law to transfer the license to you - but that’s provided the license is 100% legitimate of course.
So now I’m even more confused… :banghead:īut it’s like looking for a needle in a haystack looking for a local shop that may have a copy of a previous 3DS Max version, since I can’t find anything online. In the EU it’s possible to purchase a pre-owned AutoCAD lincense: you get to thank Brussels for that treat. So I decided to ask at Autodesk official forum if that’s possible, and they answered: That I could only get the latest version, and only for rental, except for the suites mentioned above.īut searching online shops in my country, I came across some Autodesk Value Added Resellers claiming that they are selling some previous AutoCAD versions (same Autodesk policy) with perperual licenses, and that got me thinkng.
Well that’s what I thought, and what some official Autodesk Value Added Resellers told me. Doing so is most certainly loss of the money… So never ever buy a Max DVD + serial thinking that a license activation ( which talks to Autodesk servers) will work without getting a clear-to-go from Autodesk. In any case your are completely depending on Autodesk. I’ve read that they may take $100 for even this. I have heard of cases where people/companies sold their perpetual license to other people/companies.īut the seller has to talk with Autodesk about the selling and they have to approve it and perform the license transfer. Is there any chance of me walking into an old computer shop and finding a (dusty) box on a shelf with a DVD of 3DS Max 2014 and a serial number that I could use to activate it and it would work? Forever? Or any copy receives a new serial number on-the-fly thus automatically receiving a NEW ‘rental’ license?Īpart from that scenario, the only way to find a perpetual license of a previous version is finding someone who has bought it in the past, for some reason changed profession and doesn’t need it anymore and convince him to transfer the license to you? Is that possible? I mean, I don’t really know exactly how this licensing thing works. Do I have any luck on finding a copy on a local or online reseller or something? Let’s say I can do without the LATEST version of the program, but I could work with 3DS Max 2014 for example. I was wondering if there is any chance of getting my hands on a OLDER version of 3DS Max with a perpetual license.
We are all familiar with the unfortunate (to say the least) decision of Autodesk to abandon perpetual licenses of individual products and sell only monthly or annual subscriptions.
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