Legal Question

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UPB: JMI wrote "generally not copyrighted" which means (I suppose) that almost none of the crackers issues copyright note on crackmes. Of course, bearing in mind intelectual property law, crackme can be copyrighted, just like any other work.

Anyway, the funny (?) situation with inelectual property copyrights is the endless topic: "...you are allowed to make a single back-up of your software/CD/DVD, etc. ...". A very strange situation occurs if you will ask yourself why you cannot make a backup copy of your game CD, audio CD or film DVD. I have been studying this topic a little wider (theory + practical solutions) so I will tell you one interesting thing: no company can answer this question and they break the law consciously. When I have been talking with few serious corporations and asked the same question, I always hear the same answer: [silence] or "and what would you do?". They break the same law as crackers/pirates do. Of course not in the same sense, but the same law.

Obviously there are smart solutions, like Microsoft did for example, but they compose a topic for another thread.

Regards.