Critical Thinking Questions Case 11-1 One Form of Software Theft

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Critical Thinking Questions Case 11-1 One form of software theft is the theft of the software from software manufacturers, which is known as piracy. Because this has historically been rather easy to do, the practice has become very common. As a computer instructor you feel it is your responsibility to explain this practice to students through the use of some examples. Which of the following practice IS permissible under a EULA?

• A) Ahmed rents his copy of Adobe Illustrator.
• B) The lab administrator at the college installs Fireworks on the school computer lab network.
• C) Karen installs Flash on one desktop computer and one notebook computer.
• D) Perry gives a copy of Microsoft Publisher 2007 to his friend, while continuing to use the software.

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