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Originally posted by Nad Adam
But it is still legal to make a tape copy of a cd and give it to a friend, isn't that distributing?
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Music has different copywright laws than software does.
If I remember correctly, with music, you cannot make a profit on it.
But with software, you are not purchasing the software, you are purchasing a license to use the software on X number of machines. (where X is usually 1). The license does not give you the right to make copies for your friends, usually it does say you can make a copy for backup purposes only. If you install the software on multiple machines that you personally own, you are still in violation of the license agreement which was for one machine but you haven't distributed anything.