Software Piracy in Research: A Moral Analysis.

Researchers in virtually every discipline rely on sophisticated proprietary software for their work. However, some researchers are unable to afford the licenses and instead procure the software illegally. We discuss the prohibition of software piracy by intellectual property laws, and argue that the...

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Published in:	Science & Engineering Ethics Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 967 - 978
Main Authors:	Santillanes, Gary, Felder, Ryan
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Aug2015
Subjects:	Software piracy Software license agreements Software protection Intellectual property Copyright
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost