First I want to say I agree with Rusty that this is a lawyer's dream.

Keith Smith already posted text  from the legislature saying the software is valuable enough for this to qualify as a class 2 felony.

You didn't say who did this, but if it's a friend or relative, I'd suggest you advise them to get rid of the software immediately.  Why?  Because somebody else could call the business software alliance, turn them in and get a big reward.

If it's somebody you don't particularly like, you can be the one to make the call and get the reward.

Just my 2 cents worth.  That's actually $1.98 including tax.
On 07/09/2013 04:11 PM, G Gambill wrote:

What do you call it (technical name) when a company installs $45,000 worth of evaluation software (with a dysfunctional security program to restrict functionality and a termination routine that renders the program totally non-functional after a set date.) on their computer and reverse engineers the software and removes the the evaluation restrictions, without paying for it?

Anyone know if this would this be considered a felony?

TIA

George


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