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If a user illegally installs software on their home computer, they are held liable. (If a child illegally installs software on a parent's computer, the parent will most likely be held liable, depending upon the age of the child.) The exact person held liable is more sketchy when applied to a company. If the company has masterminded the illegal installation of software (i.e., they told the employees to do it), they will most likely be held liable. If an employee illegally installs software on a company computer, the installer will be held liable, but the company might also be held liable, depending on the circumstances and the degree to which the company was involved. The court sentence varies, but in the U.S. it is a maximum of 5 years in prison and/or a $250,000 fine. However, the maximum sentence is usually only used in repeated offenses and extreme first offenses.
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If you illegally install software on your computer you are committing software what?
Assuming you're talking about installing an illegally-obtained copy of a program - you're guilty of software piracy.
What is differe between installing software and upgrading software?
Installing software is more like adding a new software on your machine. Upgrading is updating your existing software to a newer version.
What is the name for illegally obtained software?
pirated
Should you register software you downloaded illegally?
No, you can't register it. You need to uninstall it and buy a legal copy to register it. Software obtained illegally is punishable by law.
What is the penalty for illegally installing projection lights in a person's residence?
More info needed. Illegaly installing WHAT kind of lights? And.., why would they be illegal?
How do you update software?
By installing new versiof the current software
What term describes the act of illegally sharing a software appliction with someone else?
Software Piracy
The act of illegally copying or selling software is called?
Software Piracy!
What kind of software occurs when someone steals software media intentionally erases software programs or illegally copies a software program?
Software Theft
Would the doctor be held liable if his assistant prescribed a drug that resulted in the death of a patient if he did not give the nurse permission to do?
no. it would be the nurse who is liable. the nurse was acting illegally in the first place.
What are dangers of using unapproved software?
the software may be infected with malwareThe software may compromise the security of the systemThe software may be illegally copied
How can you get a record of your husband's current phone calls?
Legally? You can't. However, I will not tell you how this can be done illegally... sorry!
