Kenneth <kdw### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> > Maybe you should get more acquainted with copyright law then....[clip]
> >
> > An explicit notification saying "you need to buy a license to use this
> > product" would be nice, but it's not *necessary*. Not according to copyright
> > law. Copyright is automatic and doesn't require any explicit notification,
> > and the *default* is that copyrighted work can *not* be used without
> > explicit permission.
> >
> > Anything else is just an excuse to ignore copyright law.
> >

> Then why is their download page still active, that anyone can access??

What does that have to do whether it's legal to use the software without
a license or not? As I said, copyright law does not care *how* you got
the software. It only cares whether you have a license to it or not.

> The page serves no other purpose than to download their software.

The stated purpose is for people who own a legal CSE2 license to be able
to reinstall the software in their computers (because the authentication
server for that version is not active anymore.)

> It's OK to have strong opinions, but clinging doggedly to a rigid ideology--in
> the face of contrary facts-- seems to be just an argument for argument's sake.

It's not ideology. It's international copyright law. How is explaining what
the law states "ideology"?

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                                                          - Warp

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