Old copy of Money v.5

Hmm, more an ethical question. I found someone's backup
copy of Ms Money v.5. I do not own the original. I have
an old computer. According to the lifecycle page, this
will work on my system but is not sold anymore, or
supported anymore. Am I allowed to install it?

Dick
Thu Oct 07 06:06:14 CDT 2004

The legal and ethical answer is almost certainly no. The practical answer is
that probably nobody cares if you install M97.

"JigPig" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hmm, more an ethical question. I found someone's backup
> copy of Ms Money v.5. I do not own the original. I have
> an old computer. According to the lifecycle page, this
> will work on my system but is not sold anymore, or
> supported anymore. Am I allowed to install it?

JigPig
Thu Oct 07 19:21:58 CDT 2004

Nobody cares? So Microsoft won't care if I use it? I don't
really understand copyright laws. I thought if the
software was no longer being sold using a copy was
actually legal since the company is not losing any money.
>-----Original Message-----
>The legal and ethical answer is almost certainly no. The
practical answer is
>that probably nobody cares if you install M97.
>
>"JigPig" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:140c01c4ac3b$4cf06f50$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hmm, more an ethical question. I found someone's backup
>> copy of Ms Money v.5. I do not own the original. I
have
>> an old computer. According to the lifecycle page, this
>> will work on my system but is not sold anymore, or
>> supported anymore. Am I allowed to install it?
>
>
>.
>

Michael
Thu Oct 07 19:35:06 CDT 2004

Their lawyers will care. Bill Gates probably doesn't :)

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"JigPig" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Nobody cares? So Microsoft won't care if I use it? I don't
> really understand copyright laws. I thought if the
> software was no longer being sold using a copy was
> actually legal since the company is not losing any money.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >The legal and ethical answer is almost certainly no. The
> practical answer is
> >that probably nobody cares if you install M97.
> >
> >"JigPig" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:140c01c4ac3b$4cf06f50$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Hmm, more an ethical question. I found someone's backup
> >> copy of Ms Money v.5. I do not own the original. I
> have
> >> an old computer. According to the lifecycle page, this
> >> will work on my system but is not sold anymore, or
> >> supported anymore. Am I allowed to install it?
> >
> >
> >.
> >

Chris
Thu Oct 07 20:26:11 CDT 2004

Just because software is no longer being sold (licensed, actually, but
that's a different issue), that doesn't mean the copyright owner forfeits
their right to distribute it as they choose to, or choose not to. If you
licensed it when licenses were being sold, and the license did not include a
time or other conditional limit, you are free to use it as long as you wish,
assuming compliance with other aspects of the license. But if you never
purchased a license, the fact that licenses are no longer being sold does
not give you the right to use it at will.
--
Chris Cowles,
Gainesville, FL


"JigPig" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message ...
> I thought if the software was no longer being sold using a copy was
> actually legal since the company is not losing any money.

Michael
Fri Oct 08 23:36:48 CDT 2004

Never said it was. Think you replied to the wrong post.

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Michael Abbaticchio
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"Chris Cowles" <NoSpam@For.me> wrote in message
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> Just because software is no longer being sold (licensed, actually, but
> that's a different issue), that doesn't mean the copyright owner forfeits
> their right to distribute it as they choose to, or choose not to. If you
> licensed it when licenses were being sold, and the license did not include
> a time or other conditional limit, you are free to use it as long as you
> wish, assuming compliance with other aspects of the license. But if you
> never purchased a license, the fact that licenses are no longer being sold
> does not give you the right to use it at will.
> --
> Chris Cowles,
> Gainesville, FL
>
>
> "JigPig" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message ...
>> I thought if the software was no longer being sold using a copy was
>> actually legal since the company is not losing any money.
>
>