The second is of a person who copies software from a source to their own PC, without purchasing it from a legal vendor. No wonder software piracy is not viewed as a crime by most people. In fact, software piracy is a crime. It is theft. When a software package is purchased from a legal vendor, a contract exists between the vendor and the purchaser.
Most people believe that once they have purchased software, they own it.
This is not quite true. In fact, what has been purchased is the license, which allows the purchaser to use the product. The software company still owns the software. This lack of understanding often leads to breaches of the contract through software piracy, and in many cases the culprits are not even aware of the illegalities of their actions. Sometimes, just breaking the seal of a disk package constitutes a legal and binding acceptance of the license's condition.