<story><title>Kaspersky Antivirus 2009 source code leaked</title><url>http://unremote.org/?p=317</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dchest</author><text>&lt;i&gt;...the source code remains the intellectual property of Kaspersky Lab and downloading, distributing or using it without consent is illegal.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it true that downloading it is illegal?</text></item><item><author>alexpeattie</author><text>More info here:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.softpedia.com/news/Former-Kaspersky-Employee-Responsible-for-Leaked-Source-Code-181367.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://news.softpedia.com/news/Former-Kaspersky-Employee-Res...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;It seems it&apos;s probably a beta version of AV 2009... Still embarrassing/potentially harmful to the company though - especially following the hacking of their website a few months ago (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3244882/kaspersky-website-hacked-in-fake-antivirus-attack/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3244882/kaspers...&lt;/a&gt;)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>johkra</author><text>Yes, downloading is akin to making a copy without consent of the copyright owner. (Edit: At least according to the Berne Convention, which most countries have signed.)&lt;p&gt;Edit2: I think dchest is right and illegality of the act of downloading does probably not follow from the Berne Convention, sorry. Distribution (offering for download) certainly is and I think at least according to German law the resulting copy has to be destroyed. Mind you, I&apos;m no lawyer and might be mistaken.</text></comment>
<story><title>Kaspersky Antivirus 2009 source code leaked</title><url>http://unremote.org/?p=317</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dchest</author><text>&lt;i&gt;...the source code remains the intellectual property of Kaspersky Lab and downloading, distributing or using it without consent is illegal.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it true that downloading it is illegal?</text></item><item><author>alexpeattie</author><text>More info here:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.softpedia.com/news/Former-Kaspersky-Employee-Responsible-for-Leaked-Source-Code-181367.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://news.softpedia.com/news/Former-Kaspersky-Employee-Res...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;It seems it&apos;s probably a beta version of AV 2009... Still embarrassing/potentially harmful to the company though - especially following the hacking of their website a few months ago (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3244882/kaspersky-website-hacked-in-fake-antivirus-attack/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3244882/kaspers...&lt;/a&gt;)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ancymon</author><text>Probably it depends on what country you&apos;re in...</text></comment>