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A person uses pirated software for personal purposes at work. Is this a criminal offence?

April 26, 2017criminal offence person pirated purposes Software uses

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A person uses pirated software for personal purposes at work. Is this a criminal offence?

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The infringing act in question is knowingly possessing infringing copy of a copyright work (an infringing software). As long as the infringing software is only used for personal purposes which are unrelated to the business of the firm, it is not a criminal offence.