Since my bf is only an attorney and only in the US, my area of being able to ascertain things of this nature is limited to the US. I do know that other countries are at times more lenient and at times less so. For instance in Russia EVERYONE had 3d studio max, character studio, animatek world builder, maya, and every high end program you can think of... for 5.00. On the open black market. But then we must just get into plain old fashioned ethics here. Even if one's countries copyright laws to not protect the intellectual property of digital and intellectual workers enough, is it RIGHT to take advantage of them? Can one SLEEP with oneself at night, wake up to face oneself in the morning? I could not.