From a legal perspective, the party's behavior of helping others install paid software and crack it constitutes an infringement of the copyright owner and is an illegal act.
However, usually infringement requires the injured party to demand compensation, that is, the software developer makes a claim against the infringer.
Because it is difficult to operate in practice, there are many illegal infringements of copyright. It is widespread and it is recommended to proceed with caution.
If it is only used for daily study and does not seek illegal benefits, it is not considered an infringement.
According to Article 22 of the Copyright Law, under the following circumstances, a work may be used without the permission of the copyright owner and without payment of remuneration,
but the name of the author, The title of the work shall not infringe upon other rights enjoyed by the copyright holder in accordance with this Law:
(1) For personal study, research or appreciation, use of works published by others.
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Characteristics of copyright law
1. Originality The work must be the intellectual achievement of the author, rather than plagiarism from others. Creation is a kind of mental work and intellectual activity that can directly produce literary, artistic and scientific works.
The originality of works in copyright law and the creativity requirements in patent law are different. Inventive step in the patent law requires that the invention must be novel, and even must be the first of its kind.
The originality of a work in copyright law, as long as it is created by oneself, is an intellectual achievement that expresses one's own ideas and feelings,
even if the level of the work is lower than that of similar works that have already appeared The level of the work, but as long as it is created by oneself, it should be deemed to be original. ?
2. Achievements belonging to the fields of literature, art and science The field of literature, art and science is a very broad field that can accommodate all intellectual achievements, but the results of physical labor do not belong to this field. ?
3. Can be copied in some tangible form. Copyright is an intangible property right. Its object (work) is different from the object of tangible property rights in that it has a certain external shape and occupies a specific space.
The works protected by the Copyright Law refer to the results of the thoughts, feelings, and concepts expressed by the author, rather than the carrier of these thoughts, feelings, and concepts.
However, the work must be attached to a certain carrier, fixed and recorded in a certain shape, and this shape can be copied in large quantities. ?
4. The work does not violate the law. Works that are prohibited from publication or dissemination according to law are not protected by copyright law even if they have the above three characteristics.
For example, works that violate our country's constitution and laws, have reactionary or obscene content, regardless of whether they meet the first three characteristics, cannot constitute objects protected by copyright law.
To determine that a work is legal, in addition to the Constitution, the publication law is mainly based on other laws and can also be used as a basis.