Kagato98 opened this issue on Oct 06, 2002 ยท 22 posts
jval posted Sun, 06 October 2002 at 9:03 PM
I'm not sure that identifying the original purchaser of a distributed file always means that the purchaser distributed it. For instance, my notebook computers have twice been sent in for warranty repair. My Poser Runtime directory is far too big for me to even consider deleting it and reinstalling everything when the computer is returned. As the computers were each in service for several days, who is to say what may or may not have been copied from the hard disk before their return? Generally one cannot simply copy program installations and expect them to work on Windows machines. But it would be a trivial task when it comes to Poser runtime files. I think that if one is going to accuse someone of distributing software for piracy purposes it would be a good idea to have a lot more evidence than that someone bought the original of a pirated copy. If they sued back for defamation of character or something similar it could be a rather expensive risk. - Jack