Timeline for Am I at risk by storing or using software that violates copyright?
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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| Oct 27, 2022 at 7:30 | comment | added | Brandin | I believe that sort of transient, internal copying that occurs as an essential part of a computer operation has been ruled or specified to be an exceptional case (i.e. it's not a copyright violation). | |
| Oct 26, 2022 at 19:10 | comment | added | gnasher729 | You launch an application, it gets COPIED into memory. | |
| Jun 14, 2022 at 14:03 | comment | added | Brandin | I don't see how 'using' the software (i.e. double clicking on an icon to run it) is a legal problem for copyright. If the company gave you a copy of some software without abiding by the license (e.g. without giving you the source code, in the case of GPL code), then the company were the ones who violated copyright by giving you that copy (while ignoring the license). But once it's on your hard disk, I don't see how any further copyright violations could occur, even if you run it. Unless you then give that copy to someone else, of course; at that point, you violate the license again. | |
| Jun 12, 2022 at 0:47 | history | answered | gnasher729 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |