For each of the following, determine whether the practice is legal, illegal, or

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For each of the following, determine whether the practice is legal, illegal, or iffy. Also state whether it follows netiquette rules. Defend your answers.

a. You sell a copy of a computer game to a friend.

b. You forward an email from your boss to a coworker without permission

c. You sell your old PC with the software still on it, but you keep the original copies of the software.

d. You download a piece of shareware but don’t pay for it.

e. You frequently use a piece of shareware but don’t pay for it.

f. You install your company’s software on your home computer.

g. You frequently play a freeware game.

h. You install software on your computer and the laptop of your college-bound sibling using the same disk.

i.   You copy a picture posted on Tumblr and add it to your personal Web page.

j.   You buy one license and install it on computers throughout a lab.

Explanation / Answer

a.) Illegal, That is copyright infringement.

b) iffy, If that mail containing confidential intel then it is illegal

c) Legal, You took money for what is rightfully yours.

d) legal, Shareware are free.

e) legal, Shareware are free.

f) iffy, Now the question is; was the software a paid one ?, whether you installed it for companies work purpose.

g) legal, There is no problem in that.

h) legal, Until you are not selling it to your sibling; no problem

i) illegal, Consent of the owner is important

j) Legal, No problem.

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