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Is it immoral to copy software?

Updated: 10/3/2023
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There is nothing wrong with it, if it is freeware or otherwise legally available for people to copy. If it is under copyright, then you are stealing if you copy it without having purchased it.

Software is intellectual property. It is property, but not 'real' property like an acre of land. Other examples of intellectual property are music, literature and (I believe) invention patents. Say that you write some brilliant music. You own the music and at first you have all rights to it. They might be so good that you want to SELL the songs, and make money from them. You have every right to do that, or at least try if the music is good enough. You produce good quality demo's and send them to an agent. Next thing you know, your demo's are ALL OVER the internet and are being freely copied by millions of people a day. "Great!" you say? Who is going to pay you for a recording of something that everyone can get for 'free'?

When you illegally copy software, you are stealing from the people who have every right to profit from their intellectual creations.

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