Criminals can lock down your engineering workstation or network, demanding payment to release your critical design data.

If you are an engineer working for a consulting firm, installing a cracked version of RS3 or Slide3 on your company laptop is a fireable offense. Software companies actively monitor for unauthorized usage of their licenses. Rocscience has a dedicated legal team that works with the Business Software Alliance (BSA). If your company is audited and a cracked Rocscience product is found, the fines can range from $10,000 to $150,000 per instance.

If cost is a barrier, there are several legal routes to access Rocscience tools or equivalent analysis capabilities. 1. Academic and Student Licenses

In most jurisdictions (from Texas to Toronto to London), the engineering licensing board has a strict code of ethics. Using pirated software constitutes theft of intellectual property. If you are discovered, you could face: