I probably have over three thousand pictures I have taken over my lifetime. Over half of these are in “hard copy” form, because I have a fear of my computer crashing and losing all of my photographs. But on the other hand, the other half may disappear one day without any warning. I definitely see the importance in having hard copies, and not just the software. Once again, when talking about software or almost anything else that can be reproduced, we get into copyright laws. For instance, my dad’s work allows their employees to buy the Microsoft Office package for a discount price. If he ever quits his job he is supposed to take it off of his computer, but they don’t truly enforce this rule. You can also go to a half-price book store and buy and trade books without paying a copyright fee that you would initially have to pay if you bought the book at a bookstore. Copyright laws are hard to defend because there are so many exceptions and all people value certain material differently. Visit this website to learn more on software ownership specifically.
http://www.ahinc.com/hcopyrig.htm
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