[Greg McCoy]

Originally Posted by Mike

What you need to do is educate yourself on the legalities of software licensing, I recommend reading http://www.microscum.com/mmpafaq/ for more information.

Software piracy is a real crime. Microsoft didn't just make it up so that everyone would buy lots of copies of their software. It's just like with music or books; when you buy a copy, you own the media and the right to use that one copy for your own use. You don't have the right to make more copies and distribute them.

For some reason, it's a lot easier for average people to not feel bad about electronically stealing software or music, but it really is just as bad as walking into a store and taking something without paying for it. Though it's very widespread, I don't think it's something we should encourage on a great forum like ChiefDelphi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_piracy