The Copyright, Designs & Patents Act
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- Created on: 22-03-15 21:44
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- The Copyright, Designs & Patents Act
- Illegal copying of software
- The illegal transmission of software over a telecommunications line creating a copy
- Data paid for and collected by one organisation may be of value to other organisations
- Illegal running of copyright software on more than one machine unless covered by the licence
- The copying of software is in breach of the licence you agree when you first load the program
- This is policed by the local councils and the police. Thy have the right to remove any equipment that has illegal software on it
- individuals and businesses can be taken to court
- Illegal for an organisation to encourage or pressure its employees to copy or distribute illegal software
- When buying a computer program, the person who buys it has the right to use it but does not own it
- You are bound by the rules of the manufacturer
- Examples of Illegal activity
- Sharing digital music illegally using peer-to-peer file sharing software
- Force others to illegally copy files
- Selling pirated copies of software at a car boot sale or on auction sites such as ebay
- Illegal copying of software
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