11-04-2012, 01:26 PM
freequo said:
You are right and not only software but songs, movies etc... I don't use in my work pirated software but i like to install, to check and soon as posible to delete it from my computer. I supose the main reason is curiosity but legally i have a problem. Some facts i found using google.
When you purchase software, you do not become the owner of the copyright. Rather, you are purchasing the right to use the software under certain restrictions imposed by the copyright owner, typically the software publisher.
Most often, they state that you have the right to load the software onto a single computer and make one backup copy. If you copy, distribute or install the software in ways that the license prohibits, whether you are swapping disks with friends and coworkers or participating in widespread duplication, you are violating copyright law. Even if you only help someone else make unauthorized copies, you are still liable under copyright law.
Quite simply, to make or download unauthorized copies of software is to break the law, no matter how many copies are involved. Whether you are casually making a few copies for friends, loaning disks, distributing and/or downloading pirated software via the Internet, or buying a single software program and then installing it on 100 of a company’s personal computers, you are committing a copyright infringement.
It doesn’t matter if you are doing it to make money or not -you are exposing yourself to severe civil and potentially even criminal penalties. For example, those individuals using the Internet to sell or distribute pirated or counterfeit software programs through online auctions and “warez” sites may be criminally prosecuted, even if they do not profit from the illegal activity.
Many businesses, both large and small, face serious legal risks due to software piracy. Under the law, a company can be held liable for its employees’ actions. If an employee is installing unauthorized software copies on company computers or acquiring illegal software through the Internet, the company can be sued for copyright infringement, even if the company’s management was unaware of the employee’s actions.
Most commercially exploited proprietary software is developed in the United States and Europe.
Critics in developing countries see this as an indirect technology transfer tax on their country, preventing technological advancement. This is the leading reason developing countries refuse to accept or respect copyright laws. This idea is often applied to patent laws as well.
Traian Basescu, the president of Romania, stated that "piracy helped the young generation discover computers. It set off the development of the IT industry in Romania."
The debate about software piracy acceptance in developing countries still continues. In 2011, the Business Software Alliance announced that 83 percent of software deployed on PCs in Africa has been pirated (excluding South Africa).
Some comments of users 5 years ago in other site are true today too (in my opinion) The question was:
What is the punishment for illeagal software use?
Some answers:
1. Same penalty as listed in front of every DVD... Jail time and BIG fines for EVERY item pirated...
2. It's the very fact that it is all but impossible to catch and prosecute individual users who are employing pirated software that companies like Microsoft, among many others, go to such lengths to secure their programs - checking that the install disc is in the drive every time you go to run your game, requiring serials and connections with a central server.
3. Its called piracy and is punishable by law however the chances of you getting caught are slim to none. The software police (and there really are software police) are more concerned with protecting against big money thefts usually at large companies or school sites. You the little guy need not worry..but if you are still concerned, don't use the software on computers that are connected to the Internet. Sometimes codes are writtent into the software to automatically alert the person who produced the software in the first place.
For the right conclusion decide by yourself. I know some companies (design offices) fined by BSA (in general for using illegal copies of Autocad) but the last one i remember was at least 10 years ago. Looking at the huge number of sharing sites where almost every material is copyrighted and no one complain i suppose it's a hard work to catch someone. My impression is no one can stop the proliferation of cracked software as no one can stop the pornography or the spam mail.
Quote:I know that it isn't fair, nice, polite to use a cracked software.
You are right and not only software but songs, movies etc... I don't use in my work pirated software but i like to install, to check and soon as posible to delete it from my computer. I supose the main reason is curiosity but legally i have a problem. Some facts i found using google.
When you purchase software, you do not become the owner of the copyright. Rather, you are purchasing the right to use the software under certain restrictions imposed by the copyright owner, typically the software publisher.
Most often, they state that you have the right to load the software onto a single computer and make one backup copy. If you copy, distribute or install the software in ways that the license prohibits, whether you are swapping disks with friends and coworkers or participating in widespread duplication, you are violating copyright law. Even if you only help someone else make unauthorized copies, you are still liable under copyright law.
Quite simply, to make or download unauthorized copies of software is to break the law, no matter how many copies are involved. Whether you are casually making a few copies for friends, loaning disks, distributing and/or downloading pirated software via the Internet, or buying a single software program and then installing it on 100 of a company’s personal computers, you are committing a copyright infringement.
It doesn’t matter if you are doing it to make money or not -you are exposing yourself to severe civil and potentially even criminal penalties. For example, those individuals using the Internet to sell or distribute pirated or counterfeit software programs through online auctions and “warez” sites may be criminally prosecuted, even if they do not profit from the illegal activity.
Many businesses, both large and small, face serious legal risks due to software piracy. Under the law, a company can be held liable for its employees’ actions. If an employee is installing unauthorized software copies on company computers or acquiring illegal software through the Internet, the company can be sued for copyright infringement, even if the company’s management was unaware of the employee’s actions.
Most commercially exploited proprietary software is developed in the United States and Europe.
Critics in developing countries see this as an indirect technology transfer tax on their country, preventing technological advancement. This is the leading reason developing countries refuse to accept or respect copyright laws. This idea is often applied to patent laws as well.
Traian Basescu, the president of Romania, stated that "piracy helped the young generation discover computers. It set off the development of the IT industry in Romania."
The debate about software piracy acceptance in developing countries still continues. In 2011, the Business Software Alliance announced that 83 percent of software deployed on PCs in Africa has been pirated (excluding South Africa).
Some comments of users 5 years ago in other site are true today too (in my opinion) The question was:
What is the punishment for illeagal software use?
Some answers:
1. Same penalty as listed in front of every DVD... Jail time and BIG fines for EVERY item pirated...
2. It's the very fact that it is all but impossible to catch and prosecute individual users who are employing pirated software that companies like Microsoft, among many others, go to such lengths to secure their programs - checking that the install disc is in the drive every time you go to run your game, requiring serials and connections with a central server.
3. Its called piracy and is punishable by law however the chances of you getting caught are slim to none. The software police (and there really are software police) are more concerned with protecting against big money thefts usually at large companies or school sites. You the little guy need not worry..but if you are still concerned, don't use the software on computers that are connected to the Internet. Sometimes codes are writtent into the software to automatically alert the person who produced the software in the first place.
For the right conclusion decide by yourself. I know some companies (design offices) fined by BSA (in general for using illegal copies of Autocad) but the last one i remember was at least 10 years ago. Looking at the huge number of sharing sites where almost every material is copyrighted and no one complain i suppose it's a hard work to catch someone. My impression is no one can stop the proliferation of cracked software as no one can stop the pornography or the spam mail.