Hi Michelle, Well, it is that company's responsibility to keep track of all software they own. If the necessary items showing the company is a licensed user have been lost, then I guess the company would need to go out and purchase a new copy of Page Maker and learn the valuable lesson. Violation of the license agreement is violation... Darrell Shandrow - Shandrow Communications! Technology consultant/instructor, network/systems administrator! A+, CCNA, Network+! Check out high quality telecommunications services at http://ld.net/?nu7i My deepest sympathies to the families and friends of the astronauts lost in the 2/1/03 space shuttle explosion! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle Lowman" To: Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 7:16 AM Subject: Re: Waging War on Business > On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 21:01, Darrell Shandrow wrote: > > Hi Jim, > > > > Yes. That's the neat aspect to America; if one doesn't like one option, > > there's usually another available. The neat thing about technology in > > America is that there's enough openness and tools to write a program to do > > anything with a computer! So, there are alternatives, and theft remains > > both illegal and unethical. > > > > Darrell Shandrow - Shandrow Communications! > > True situation: Temp goes to work for a small company, needs to use > PageMaker. Company originally had 4 legal copies, one for each computer > in the (tiny) department. Over the past couple of years, three of the > PageMaker CDs have somehow disappeared, even though the original > packaging, user manual, etc. are still around. Hmmmmm . . .. > > Anyway, at some point, someone has removed the legal copy of PageMaker > from the computer used by the temp, and the CD for that copy is gone. > So the supervisor decides to install PageMaker on the temp's computer > from her own CD (the copy on her computer was installed from the same > CD). > > The temp's computer now has an illegal copy of PageMaker, and the > company is now screwed if BSA gets a tip about them. Did the company > steal? Or do they just suck at security and management? > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss