Intellectual Property Law Questions Answered

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When is copyright infringement considered a criminal offense?

Three technology company employees were found guilty of the rarer crime of criminal copyright infringement after it was proven that they had:

  • Sold unlicensed copies of software for profit;

  • Charged unwitting customers for licenses to the same software; and

  • Used illegal key-generating software to bypass the software's license requirements.

Read about the three employees found guilty of criminal copyright infringement.