Warning about Copyright Infringement
BNS would like to remind our hosted clients to respect IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) of copyright owners. It is to warn everybody about Copyright Infringement of software. If one is not careful with the software they use, they might be charged with software piracy which is punishable by law.
One of our clients just got an email from a copyrighted software about their use of vbulletin software which was unlicensed by the hosted clients. Not only is this embarrasing, it could subject the site owner to possible legal liabilities.
The owner of the software has the right to sue, and if one is proven guilty of copyright infringement, charges includes an immediate order to stop using the software, confiscation of other items involved, paying the owner of the copyright any profits you received from using the software and other damages.