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Old 05-20-2003, 12:45 PM   #11 (permalink)
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But to do that wouldn't they have to prove some sort of crime has been commited. I haven't been making money by using their programs or by selling copies of them.

A thing like you mention has to my knoledge never happend in Sweden. Is it common in the US or elsewhere?
Actually, it doens't matter if you make money or not. According to international copyright law as set by (I believe) the Berne convention (which every major nation on Earth is signed to) one of the exclusicve rights of copyright holders is to distribute their work. Even if you don't make money, you are still distributing, and they can do some nasty stuff to you, some of which has been mentioned above. If you want to know more, I'll try and find my old copyright book.
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