A company did not renew an annual license to use computer software and did not remove the various software components from its computers even though it was required to do so by the software developer.
The Court accepted the claim for copyright infringement and the company will pay compensation. Computer programming is a work protected by law and using it without permission is a copyright infringement. Here, the company used the software for about four years after committing to stop using the software and although it should have removed the software and its various components from its computers, it did not do so. Therefore, it is an infringement of copyright and the company will pay for the cost of use for the entire period and is prohibited from making any use of the software or part of it in the future as well.