What is software piracy?

What is software piracy?

Unlike other things you purchase, the software applications and fonts you buy don't belong to you. Instead, you become a licensed user — you purchase the right to use the software on a single computer, but you can't put copies on other machines or pass that software along to colleagues. Software piracy is the illegal distribution and/or reproduction of software applications or fonts for business or personal use. Whether software piracy is deliberate or not, it is still illegal and punishable by law.
Piracy comes in many forms. Here are some common piracy methods:

• Licensed user duplication for unlicensed users
• Illegal Internet distribution
• Illegal use of Adobe® Acrobat® over a network
• Distributing specialized education versions to unauthorized markets
• Distribution of inauthentic Adobe software or fonts