Copyright is intellectual property and pirated version tantamounts to theft and punishable by law.Morally and ethically it is not proper to deny the owner of his efforts and rights.
A software pirate
Software is protected by copyright as a literary work.
Public domain software
The Copyright Designs and Patents Act defines patents for computer hardware and software, and copyright on software.
Copyright term for software in India is 60 years from the date of publication.
Software copyright is a new extension of copyright law to machine-readable software. It is used by proprietary software companies to prevent the unauthorized copying of their software caca
In IT, copyright most often applies to software, which can be protected by both copyright AND patent law. Most software-related copyright issues are addressed in detail in end user licensing agreements.
Copyright infringement, also called piracy.
Because registration is not required for protection, there is no way to tell how much software has been protected by copyright. On the other hand, since protection is automatic, you can also say that all software is protected by copyright.
Laffite the Pirate was a good pirate, who sailed near Louisiana.
Commercial Software
pirating software involves stealing software already set up and in use in someone';s office or home. same as thievery if owner does not yet have a copyright.