Copyright and Software Piracy

Software piracy is the unauthorized use or distribution of software. You participate in the unauthorized use or distribution of TopScore Pro® if you LEND, GIVE, COPY or SELL the software to anyone without our permission. You do not OWN the software. You are granted a nonexclusive right to USE the software for a specific period of time. ScholarWare takes software piracy very seriously. Because our product is beneficial to its users only once , we especially depend upon recurring revenue to make advances in our product. Just because you do not "need" the software anymore, DOES NOT entitle you to pirate the software. Why shouldn't I use pirated or pirate software?

There are several reasons not to use pirated or pirate software. It's illegal and there is liability on your part. It's risky. If the software is from an unauthorized source, you could be getting a program that is not fully functional. Each TopScore Pro® CD-ROM expires on a predetermined date which is unknown to the user. You don't want an expired product. There won't be another version of the software if there is no revenue to put back into research and development. This revenue has made the product affordable to legitimate users. It isn't ethical. Or we like to say "doing the right thing when no one is looking." Understand that this product is introduced at a very affordable price and provides tremendous benefit to preprofessional (predental/preoptometry) students. Ask yourself how you would feel if your life's work went without compensation? Start now and be an ethical professional . LIABILITY FOR PIRACY What are the fines for being caught with or participating in pirated software? At ScholarWare we report software pirates and prosecute them.