Using Unauthorized Software Copies a Felony in Arizona

[George Toft]

So it is legal in AZ to make a copy of a product and pass it around
to your friends.  It is just a matter of dealing with Title 17 USC
(Copyright Law) - a Federal Law.

George



William Lindley wrote:
> 
> Did you know that it's not just a violation of your EULA, folks, it's
> against the law -- according to the Arizona Revised Statutes, section
> 44-1455 (Use of unauthorized copy of computer software;  violation;
> classification),
> 
>    "A person who knowingly uses, other than for personal, noncommercial
>    use, an unauthorized copy of computer software that when used depicts,
>    incorporates or displays or causes to be depicted, incorporated or
>    displayed a mark [e.g, trademark] that has been registered under this
>    article for computer software is guilty of a class 5 felony."
> 
> cf:
>   Statute:     http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ars/44/01455.htm
>   Definitions: http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ars/44/01441.htm
>   Title 44:    http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ars/44/title44.htm
> 
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