Cracking software is illegal, everyone already knows. But I would like to know the following:
Is it illegal to use / distribute / create an old cracked product? One that is not even sold by the producer anymore?
Because it's no longer for sale, the only way to get your pro version would be by using a crack. Would it be illegal to use / distribute / create a cracked version of this software?
If you could pass links on copyright stating that it is illegal or not, I would appreciate it.
Copyright becomes public after 70 years according to the Law 9.610 , dated February 19, 1998 article 41 , but does not expire.
The figure of the copyright, before the INPI (for software ), before the National Library (for literature) and before the School of Music has a reasonable bureaucratic time there. It ranges from one to three months.
But it has no expiration time. Registration does not expire. What loses validity is the right to exclusive patrimonial on that work after of a certain period of time, which today corresponds to 70 years, counted from January of the following year of the death of the author.
That is, yes, it would still be a crime, you crackear the work, even if it is no longer being marketed.
The accepted answer has some flaws. Do not change the conclusion, but it is wrong in some points.
The Copyright Law ( 9.610 / 98 ) really applies in part to "computer programs", but it is in the 9.609 / 98 law that is most of the reasoning for your answer.
First, the copyright of a "computer program" falls into the public domain within
