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It's up to each individual software author. If you downloaded a plugin off the web for free, odds are the author has released it into the public domain, though not always. If you paid for it, then trading it with a friend will probably violate the license you agreed to on installation. The usual practice is to allow a single copy to be made for archival processes, and the software to be used on one computer by one user.

well my country would be Egypt and i don't know if that is illegal or not ???
i have a copy or Reason 3.0 and some guy i know wants me to give him a copy in exchange for some loops and samples
what should i do ?

exactly why is that ??? is it because they'll never gonna catch me ????

plaese don't make me start BEGGING
i use music completely as a hobby
your 1$ = 6 L.E. (Egyptian Pound)
that would make most of VSTi's about 200x6=1200 L.E. EACH
plus SONAR = 700x6= 4200 L.E.
plus Hardware (can not be stolen ofcourse !!!)

that would make BEG IN THE STREETS to be able to play and compose some decent Music ( I Study Medicine BTW)

on a second Opnion, : Even Begging won't get me that much money

SO I AM NOT MAKING AN EXCUSE

YOU : WORK : GET MONEY : PAY THE COMPANY THAT CAUSED YOU TO GET MONEY BY USING ITS SOFTWARE !!!!
SIMPLE ISN'T IT ?

Do whatcha gotta do, dude. But if you feel funny about it, something ain't sittin' right. Know what I mean?

You can get so much power for so little money these days, that I bet you make better records by just not even paying attention to what you can't afford. If you have Sonar and a decent sound card, then you have more power and better effects than most studios had even a few years ago. If you can't make good records with what you got, then your plugins aren't the problem.

Cheers.

Just to add my little bit - if I want lend a guitar to a mate, then I'll take it off the wall, put it in it's case, lend it to the mate. Then, when I get it back, I'll take it out it's case and put it back on the wall for when I next play it. Now , I presume that this is OK with software instruments ? As long as you uninstall the VST from your PC, put the CD's back in the box, give them to your mate, and then he installs the VST etc. After he has used the VST, then he must uninstall it, give you back the CD's and you must then re-install.
This seems long-winded but straight forward to me - but I bet it's not possible with a lot of software instruments ( when it should be ).

Dr. Joe Eddy

You're an educated guy.....you don't need others to answer this.

If you feel a lump in your butt, perhaps it's your conscience trying to tell you something.

If you can ignore the lump and learn to walk funny, then you are free to do anything you want.....literally.

No. In most cases, you don't own the software. You only own a license to use it. That license is for you and you alone.

If you'd read the damn EULA you'd know that, but you don't want to read it because you know its going to tell you that its illegal. When you installed the software, you signed a legal document that said you read and agreed to abide by the EULA, so if you get caught, you have no defense. If you didn't accept it, you could not have installed the software.