I know of no law that forbids the use of software without authorization. It is not an infringement of copyright law to run a program, period.
This is flat out wrong, sad to say. When you run a program, your computer makes copies--from disk to RAM, for instance. Without a copyright license, that's considered infringement. See MAI v. Peak Computer (http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5882317517996842407).
Is that a stupid rule? Sure it is. But that's the state of the law.
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Re: You?
Date: 2012-01-31 11:19 am (UTC)This is flat out wrong, sad to say. When you run a program, your computer makes copies--from disk to RAM, for instance. Without a copyright license, that's considered infringement. See MAI v. Peak Computer (http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5882317517996842407).
Is that a stupid rule? Sure it is. But that's the state of the law.