Questions tagged [online-piracy]

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How is downloading a movie from the internet different from using home recording equipment?

As I was watching Despicable Me on free-to-air TV, I was thinking that maybe the next time it runs and Frozen I should set my PVR set top Box to record them. But then that got me thinking: if I recorded a movie from TV to my PVR (which records as…
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Is it illegal to download cracked software one has purchased?

Assuming someone purchases a piece of software, but due to an error, has to wait for an arbitrary amount of time to download the software, would it be a criminal act to download or use a cracked version of the software while waiting for the company…
Ammar Bandukwala
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Downloading pirated software with online license check after buying it

If I buy a license for some software which has mandatory online license check to install (in games, for example. Steam games - or any other online store, actually, but could be non-games, anything), is it illegal to download it from some piracy…
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Does using pirated software to gain money to pay for the same software make me liable?

If I use a music program illegally to make my own music, sell it, get money, and buy the same program legally while also deleting all pirated versions having not accepted the EULA before I have started doing the program illegally, can I be held…
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