If the intention of a hacker is to destroy files, these is a crime by electronic means. A crime is a crime by whatever means it is perpetrated. For instance, if manipulation of a software program in any device in an intensive care unit or surgical room of a hospital leads to the death of a patient, there is murder by electronic means within the meaning of a computer crime. The legal logic that nowhere in law is manipulation of computers or electronic devices run on software programs and the effects thereof dealt with and so death by electronic means cannot be considered covered, is an absolute fallacy and an unjust concoction. Pirated software is often made available on sites on the internet and is fairly common.
Some people download or purchase pirated software from warez sites on the internet.
Providing pirated software for others to use is a copyright infringement. When you buy software you do not own it but only acquire the right to use it as described in the end user license provided by the software publisher. Copying a program in its entirety is a contribution to software piracy whereas fair use only allows the reproduction of a part of the copyrighted work. No person can use the internet to provide access to the copyrighted work of others as it violates the author s right to control distribution of their own work. This Act allows for criminal prosecution for copyright infringement, even when no profit motive is proved.