1) IANAL, but I'm not sure the legal term is indeed theft. If you're planing
a serious pro-bono article I'd suggest contacting attorney Ravia for legal advice.
2) Although (AFAIK) copying current comercial software is indeed, and IMHO
should be, a fellony, (whatever it's called), please STW for discussions on "abandonware"
and about impacts of copy protection (legal and technical) on tomorrow's librarians.
Tal Achituv wrote:
I need to write an essay about "is it right or wrong to copy proprietary software"
Can some of you please point me to good resources on the subject?
Thanks,
Tal.
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