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Who can be held liable for piracy? What are the penalties?

April 26, 2017held liable penalties piracy

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Who can be held liable for piracy? What are the penalties?

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Anyone who possesses or uses pirated software is potentially liable for piracy. This includes not only the sophisticated commercial counterfeiter, but also an individual user of a single pirated program. Currently, U.S. law provides for civil penalties of up to $150,000 for willful infringement of a software owner’s copyright.