Johnson, you might be somehow taking it lightly, and yes we might need to
explain it to you.
The law is a blind sward of
JUSTICE .
Basically we are all
FREE Freedom basically means that you may do whatever you wish.
Now there is not only you but there is also me, and my freedom may very possibly interfere with yours and conflict is born.
There are basic logic rules behind law making with fairness and a
BALANCE at work.
I build a house and you come and live in it kicking me out of it is considered to be a criminal act because it is my most basic rights to reap the benefits of my own effort and it is absolutely NOT for you to put your hands on it without compensating me. That is why you could
BUY the house, which I built and that would be quite legal for you then to live in it.
The very same thing applies to the software.
There is a huge effort and work-hours invested in creating a game, during the production time many bills must be paid for electricity, rent etcetera; many salaries must be paid too and food must be bought and eaten to continue to survive.
It is quite legal to buy the copyrights
COPY and
RIGHTS then start copying rightfully.
Without buying the copyrights, making copies is absolutely an act of offence that causes damages and
IS promptly incriminated by the law.
While making copies in the continuous sense of the meaning is plain crime, the software house gives legal permission to its customers to make backups, which are basically
NON PROFITABLE [b] copying acts.
Therefore, buy the rights given to your friend who DID BUY the software he is authorised to make a backup of his software, which was lost before he could practice his rights. Now if you assumingly make a copy of an identical software for him or if he borrowed your authentic medium and copied it with the intention of a backup in mind, it is quite legal.
By the law, the end result is that he has a copy which he basically paid for.
No damage infliction is to be found in this particular case.
****** Case Closed ******
If you decided to make ten copies and give them as a present to your neighbourhood friends, you have caused the damage of preventing the potential profits of the software house when your friends visit you, see the game, like the game and decide to buy an authentic copy for themselves.
This is like opening the backdoor of my house and inviting your friends to party in my place without my permission, consent or compensation.
[b] NOW THAT IS PLAIN CRIME DID YOU UNDERSTAND <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/question.gif" alt="" />
