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One problem faced by our world today is called “piracy.” I’m not talking about piracy on the high seas, but what is called software piracy. Software piracy is when one makes a copy of a computer program or a music CD, which they purchased, and then ether give it to a friend or sell it.
The people that made that software, whether it is a computer program or a music CD are protected under the federal copyright laws. That means we may not reproduce their work without compensating them. They own the rights to that software. Buy copying and giving or selling their work without compensating them, we are stealing from the authors.
I think that making unauthorized copies of software is not only illegal, it is wrong. It is stealing. As honest Americans we should have none of it.