Oh, I have a modern computer as well, but I want to set up a DOS machine for nostalgic reasons, and I want to run Cakewalk 5 for DOS, which I had when I was a kid (unfortunately, I threw away my floppies years ago).
 
I live in Sweden, so American licensing laws do not apply. By Swedish law, companies can not legally cancel a private citizen's right to resell something they own, so any such "user agreement" is automatically void. So I'm not asking for anything illegal.

Personally I think Cakewalk should give you the version :)
You sure there isn't something posted out there on the net already,
Example I paid $400 for my floppy disk of DrT's KCS back in the 80's and now I can download it from the Atari fan club site. And it's all legal. All the old Atari software is posted there now it's of no or little value to the original owners I would guess.  
 

Voyetra Sequencer Plus Gold (the old arch rival of Cakewalk) has been released as freeware, and it is great, but it is just not the same :) But big thumbs up to Turtle Beach for making it freeware.
 
I've seen pirate versions of older DOS Cakewalks in the murkier corners of the web, but no version 5. And version 5 was quite a big step up from the earlier versions. Besides, my parallel port MIDI interface does not seem to work with any earlier versions.

dosfanatic2
Oh, I have a modern computer as well, but I want to set up a DOS machine for nostalgic reasons, and I want to run Cakewalk 5 for DOS, which I had when I was a kid (unfortunately, I threw away my floppies years ago).
 
I live in Sweden, so American licensing laws do not apply. By Swedish law, companies can not legally cancel a private citizen's right to resell something they own, so any such "user agreement" is automatically void. So I'm not asking for anything illegal.

But you don't "own" it.
 
All you own is a license to use it
 
 
 
Not that anyone should really get their knickers in a twist over such an old program, but the rule is valid for modern software.

Ok, I'm no lawyer, but to the best of my knowledge, if a private citizen in Sweden owns a set of legally bought floppy disks, they can sell those disks to whomever they want, and that person can use the software on the floppies however he or she wants (even reverse engineer and modify the software for personal use) no matter what any foreign license agreements says. Generally, most foreign licenses are more or less invalid here because of our so called consumer protection laws which grants the consumer some unalienable rights. Floppy disks with software would be pretty much equivalent to a book in the eyes of the law.
 
This does not mean the software company has to grant the new owner any use of their servers, or customer support (though I actually think they have to honor any guarantees still standing at the time of re-selling).
 
I realize this could have changed since we joined the EU, but I think I would have heard about it. This is how it used to work in Sweden anyway (and should, in my opinion).
 
I can see how this could upset Cakewalk people however, so I apologize if that is so and will quietly go away. I'm just saying that I'm not asking for anything illegal.
 
Anyway, I'm just looking to buy a set of original floppies of Cakewalk 5 for DOS.

> All you own is a license to use it
 
Exactly that, and you agreed to it by ripping open the box or shrink-wrap or by clicking I Agree or whatever....  And yes you are part of the EU now...
 
The disks are just installation media and are worthless.
 

The rules are different outside the U.S.  My understanding is that in the EU you can re-sell software, as long as you don't keep the original copies for yourself.

Can i gently bump this thread? Looking for 5.

ook?

ook indeed