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Create your free account to read unlimited documents. Software piracy and copyright infringement. The SlideShare family just got bigger. Home Explore Login Signup. Successfully reported this slideshow. We use your LinkedIn profile and activity data to personalize ads and to show you more relevant ads.

You can change your ad preferences anytime. Next SlideShares. You are reading a preview. Create your free account to continue reading. Sign Up. Upcoming SlideShare. Copyright infringement. Embed Size px. A pirated song is the same thing as the original song. A pirated movie is the same thing as a legally bought movie. A bad copy of a bootleg movie is just as much piracy as a copy with that is identical to the original.

Both cases are still piracy. But when it comes to personal use, the law is confusing. Say I buy a CD and I want another copy for my car. Yet I am perfectly within my rights to make that copy because I am the physical owner of that CD. Instances where actions are considered copyright infringement but NOT piracy is where a commodity is not identically copied, but ideas from it are heavily borrowed. Yet our products are not identical.

One example of this is where authors get sued for plagiarism copyright infringement, legally speaking. They are very similar stories and they are both books, but they are not identical products. Say I write a book about a young wizard named Barry Motter.

In my book, Barry keeps getting emails non-stop informing him of his acceptance. I keep a very similar plot but I changed minor details in some or many places and thus, both are treated as different books. But the JK Rowling is suing me because she believes she can provide enough proof that my book would not have been written had she not written hers. Since a dispute over WTO membership between Iran and USA, which led to the legalization in Iran of the distribution of software without the permission of any copyright holder see Iran and copyright issues , there have been fears that world governments might try to use copyright laws and enforcement politically.

The laws are in place but are ignored. This is copyright infringement in most countries and is unlikely to be fair use or fair dealing if the work remains commercially available. In some countries the laws may allow the selling of a version modified for use by blind people, students for educational product or similar. Differences in legislation may also make the copyright void in some jurisdictions, but not the others.

This constitutes copyright infringement in most jurisdictions. It is not infringing under specific circumstances such as fair use and fair dealing. This is seen as a fundamental right of the software-buyer in some countries, e.

It can be infringement, depending on the laws and the case law interpretations of those laws, currently undergoing changes in many countries. Peak Computer, Inc. Software licenses often never restrict the usual right of a purchaser of a copyrighted work to let others borrow the work. In some jurisdictions the validity of such restrictions are disputed, but some require permission from the copyright holder to allow renting the software. Licenses never say that the buyer does not buy the software but instead pays for the right to use the software.

In the US, the first-sale doctrine, Softman v. Adobe [3] and Novell, Inc. CPU Distrib. The reasoning in Softman v. Adobe suggests that resale of student licensed versions, provided they are accurately described as such, is also not infringing.

Existing and proposed laws To many of these attempts at circumventing these end user license agreements EULA software vendors counter that if a user somehow obtains software without agreeing to or becoming bound by the end user license agreement, then they do not have any license to use the software at all.

Remove any software that you can't verify. And there's little chance that the " fair use " argument could be applied to software the way it can to printed materials--it's generally impossible to install and use only a small piece of a software product. Better ways to keep costs down for your students: Look into getting a volume discount or site license from the software publisher check the Software Licensing Services website first. Find out whether the software is or could be installed in a college or departmental computer lab.

There's a widespread myth that you can use software for 24 hours without penalty. The truth is the software would be illegal the moment you installed it. Arrange to use your co-workers' computers instead. Or ask the software publisher for a trial version. Not necessarily.

Each site license states who may use the software, where and for what purpose. Within those restrictions, a site license allows unlimited use. Most of Cornell's site licenses permit Cornell faculty and staff to install the software on their university computers; a few include home computers and student-owned computers as well.

To check the terms of a site license, go to the Software Licensing Services website, find the product of interest and read "Type of License" and "Critical Restrictions. Usually not. Most of Cornell's site licenses are restricted to university- or student-owned computers. Check the Software Licensing Services website for the particulars.

Some software publishers allow this use; others don't. Read the license agreement. Some examples: If you purchased Microsoft Office, Publisher, Project, or FrontPage through certain Microsoft agreements, the license permits you to install a second copy on one laptop or home computer to use for work-related purposes.

If you have an Adobe product at work, you can install a second copy on one laptop or home computer, but the product cannot be used on both computers at the same time. All software is copyright-protected, and the copyright is enforceable for 95 years, no matter what. Your best bet is to ask the copyright holder for written permission to copy the software. The U. Copyright Office can be helpful in locating the current copyright holder.

Search the records yourself, or pay a small fee to have it done. Probably, if it's not software you later upgraded. For instance, when you buy a Windows 98 upgrade, the license to the older version is voided, meaning no one else can use it. If you buy the full Windows 98 package instead, you could give away or sell your older version.