High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! VCL (Voluntary Collective Licensing) is a theoretical solution for the problem of software piracy that would harness the power of file sharing technologies. The idea is to make file sharing networks subscribe-only for a small fee and then distribute the collected money among the artists based on the popularity of their work. It is endorsed by the EFF and Downhill Battle.The copyright infringement of software (often referred to as software piracy) refers to several practices which involve the unauthorized copying of computer software.