Every day, using computer equipment and various programs for the PC, each user, entrepreneur, or head of the organization should remember that, perhaps without realizing it, he commits an offense or even a crime if unlicensed software is installed on the computer.
Instruction manual
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If you are working on a computer and using software, then make sure that it is licensed. As a rule, copyrights to programs for PC are confirmed by certificates of authenticity, which are placed on packaging and storage media. If you purchased the program in the store, check the packaging of the purchased copy of the program. The certificate of authenticity in the form of a holographic sticker, heat-sensitive strips or a sticker with watermarks must be on the box in which the software product is contained. These are the so-called boxed versions. Please note that during law enforcement inspections, the presence of packages with stickers is checked first. Therefore, store the box and do not discard.
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If the packages are not preserved, then check the CD itself: a special marking should be applied on its non-working surface, indicating the serial number and name and copyright holder. Check the contents of the CD itself: a licensed product is always singular on one disc. If the disc contains several programs: the so-called golden collection or golden software, then you should know that this is a pirated product, the use of which is a violation of copyright.
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Also proof of pirated versions of programs is the presence on the disk of various hacking programs and key generators that allow circumventing protection. Know that not a single license, not a single software product, if distributed legally, provides for the presence on the installation disk of any keys for generating program codes, pre-designated user names to be entered, files with crack names, like.
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If you find that you are using unlicensed software, then immediately stop using it and either purchase the necessary license, or switch to using other software products that are free and unlimited. At the same time, remove previously used unlicensed software, and destroy pirated CDs.
