Wow, guys...
I gotta say, my first job out of college was 'managing' a computer store (that means I was the only guy working there, and the main store was across town) that sold mostly Commodore stuff. When new games came in, the manager of the main store would open it up, make copies for everybody, and re-shrink wrap it. And when I say everybody, that meant all us 'managers' (mine wasn't the only satellite store, after all). I'd make a trip to the main store once a week and get all the new stock for the store and stuff for myself.
The idea was that we needed to know about the new stuff so when people asked, we could give honest opinions.
If some of my friends took advantage of me and made copies when I accidentally left them alone, then, well... that's on them.
That store, unfortunately, closed down, like, 20 or 30 years ago now... sad, really.
Then I found Linux and my life changed...
Greg