Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 324.004
This is the official text of Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 324.004, part of Texas’s Business & Commerce Code — governs commercial transactions and general business practices.
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§ 324.004. CAUSING COMPUTER SOFTWARE TO BE COPIED.
Official statutory text
For purposes of this chapter, a person causes computer software to be copied if the person distributes or transfers computer software or a component of computer software. Causing computer software to be copied does not include:
(1) transmitting or routing computer software or a component of the software;
(2) providing intermediate temporary storage or caching of software;
(3) providing a storage medium such as a compact disk;
(4) a website;
(5) the distribution of computer software by a third party through a computer server; or
(6) providing an information location tool, such as a directory, index, reference, pointer, or hypertext link, through which the user of a computer is able to locate computer software.
(1) transmitting or routing computer software or a component of the software;
(2) providing intermediate temporary storage or caching of software;
(3) providing a storage medium such as a compact disk;
(4) a website;
(5) the distribution of computer software by a third party through a computer server; or
(6) providing an information location tool, such as a directory, index, reference, pointer, or hypertext link, through which the user of a computer is able to locate computer software.
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