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by shizcakes 1086 days ago
This does not pass the sniff test. Can you cite a reputable source outlining supporting case law?
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Regardless, if you have a legitimate license, and they pull this shit, you have the moral right to ensure that you can still use the license you hold. So, crack the shit out of it.
Moral rights mean fuck all in court, especially if you don’t have the money to throw at lawyers.

Also the DRM on all of these professional apps extends to the files they produce if you open a file in vector works autocad or any other professional software that was created or edited on an illicit copy a warning would pop up saying that the file was created on an illegal version and many of them wouldn’t allow you to edit the file further and for those which do saving the file again on a copy with a legitimate license does not get rid of the message that file is tainted for good.

This pretty much prevents any real world use of illicit copies professionally.