Softare Piracy

Software Piracy

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Softare pircay is the unauthorized duplication, distribution or use of computer software. This occurs when more copies of software are made than the license allows,or software licensed for the installation on one computer is made onto multiple computers or a server.

Copying software is an act of copyright infringement, and has significant civil and criminal penalties. This means that it is illegal to use pirated software yourself, give it away, or sell it. In addition aiding piracy by providing unauthorized access to software or to serial numbers used to register software can also be illegal.

Current illegal software in the US accounts for 25 - 50% of the software in use. Other countries often have levels of piracy well beyond that of the US. For example, Carol Bartz, the president and chairman of Autodesk, Inc. reports that one of their products, AutoCAD, has 90% of the computer-aided design (CAD) market in China, yet sales are virtually negligible due to the widespread acceptance of software piracy.

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Typess of Software Piracy

End-User piracy
When users copy software without appropriate licensing for each copy
Pre-installed Software
When a computer manufacturer takes one copy of software and illegally installs it on more than one computer
Internet Piracy
When unauthorized copies are downloaded over the Internet
Counterfeiting
When illegal copies of software are made and distributed in packaging that reproduces the manufacturer's packaging
Online Auction Piracy
Software resold in violation of the original terms of sale




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Reference

Microsoft Corporation. How Priacy Affects You
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/how_types.mspx March 2007

CPSR. Computer Systems
http://www.cpsr.org/prevsite/cpsr/privacy/crime/denning.hackers.html March 2007