The use of pirated software violates the Copyright Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Regulations on the Protection of Computer Software. The use of pirated software is an infringement and an infringement of intellectual property rights. However, the owner of pirated software just doesn't know and has no reasonable reason to know that the software is pirated, so he doesn't have to bear the liability for compensation, but he should also stop the infringement and destroy the pirated software.

Legal basis: Article 67 of the Trademark Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Without the permission of the trademark registrant, if a trademark identical to its registered trademark is used on the same commodity, which constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law in addition to compensation for the losses of the infringed party. Whoever, without authorization, forges or manufactures another person's registered trademark logo or sells a forged or manufactured registered trademark logo, which constitutes a crime, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the law, in addition to compensating the losses of the infringed party. Whoever knowingly sells goods with counterfeit registered trademarks, which constitutes a crime, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law, in addition to compensating the losses of the infringed.

Article 30 of the Regulations on the Protection of Computer Software

If the copy holder of the software does not know and has no reasonable reason to know that the software is an infringing copy, he shall not be liable for compensation; However, the use and destruction of infringing copies should be stopped. If stopping the use and destroying the infringing copy will cause great losses to the copy user, the copy user may continue to use it after paying a reasonable fee to the software copyright owner.