I would expect that everyone using the internet has at some time or another done something that would be considered copyright infringement, whether they knew it or not. That would be about 28% of the world population, or nearly two billion people.
People who have broken copyright law are called infringers.
yes, people can be fined or even in some cases go to jail for copyright infringement
It depends on the license provided by the copyright holder. Many apps distributed as "shareware" still request that users download it directly from the original source, as a method of tracking.
Yes; making a copy is one of the exclusive rights of the copyright holder, regardless of whether you sell the copy or not. Certain educational uses are exempt. It may be worth noting that while the law is broken whether you sell the information or not, the law may provide for higher penalties if you do sell it.
Copyright law is a federal law, granted in the Constitution.
Copyright law.
Malaysia's copyright law is Act 332, the Copyright Law of 1987. More information can be found at the link below.
No. Copyright is federal law.
Computer software can be protected by both copyright law (as a literary work) and, when applicable, by patent law. In many cases, the End User Licensing Agreement carries more restrictions than copyright law would require; thus it can be viewed as contract law as well.
Copyright law cannot protect ideas, only the expressionof them in writing, sound, art, etc.
Nothing. Copyright law includes a huge number of limitations, defenses, and exceptions, many of which allow certain unlicensed educational uses.
US copyright law comes from the Constitution, which was ratified in 1788. Prior to that was Britain's Statute of Anne, in 1709. Many international copyright laws stem from the Berne Convention, 1886.