Can outdated software legally be shared among users?

[cgipson1]

It is the damn thieves that we have to thank for this kind of crap.. they kill it for everybody!

I sure wasn't thinking of stealing. I was only wondering that now outdated if it would be permitted. I've alway paid for my software. I can't say that about all the music cd's I have downloaded on my computer. Can you?

Yes.. I can!

 

[Jad]

It is the damn thieves that we have to thank for this kind of crap.. they kill it for everybody!

I hear ya man. its almost as bad as people that charge money for work and don't pay the taxes on it. hurts everyone as a whole. too many people dont care about the circle of economics. as long as it benefits them, and they don't get caught, they will continue to do it though.

Yeah, just like the untaxed 60 billion dollars a year that is sent back home to Mexico from "undocumented workers" to use the politically correct terminology.

 

[Steve5D]

It is the damn thieves that we have to thank for this kind of crap.. they kill it for everybody!

Not so much the thieves but all those who just can't be bothered to read the Copyright Laws.

Ignorance of the law is no excuse...

 

[Steve5D]

I was only wondering that now it is outdated if it would be permitted.

You have to define "outdated".

Is a 1965 Corvette "outdated" because Chevy has come out with a Corvette that has computers in it? Probably not. That '65 will still do everything it was designed to do...

I've alway paid for my software. I can't say that about all the music cd's I have downloaded on my computer. Can you?

Absolutely, unequivocally, yes I can...

 

[Jad]

I'll just keep trucking with my CS5 for now. When I was in my darkroom I didn't feel the need to go out a purchase every new thing that came on the market. I made some pretty good prints with 40 year old equipment. At some point digital photography has to level off and maybe with Adobes change is the first sign of it. The curve has to level off in time.

 

[Jad]

I was only wondering that now it is outdated if it would be permitted.

You have to define "outdated".

Is a 1965 Corvette "outdated" because Chevy has come out with a Corvette that has computers in it? Probably not. That '65 will still do everything it was designed to do...

I've alway paid for my software. I can't say that about all the music cd's I have downloaded on my computer. Can you?

Absolutely, unequivocally, yes I can...

You never duped a music cd or cassette tape from a friend? I wonder why they made all of those tape decks with double tape player/recorders in them ?

 

[Overread]

Question answered and I'm locking this before things get heated.