Software piracy is, in effect, stealing or theft.
When software is pirated, the author, or copyright holder does not get paid for the work and effort that went into writing the software.
The copyright holder has a right to define, within the software license agreement, the way a user my load the software, and how the software is used, and possible distributed.
If those who create and write software do not get paid for their efforts, they will stop writing software. Subsequently, we as a society suffer.
In the United States, it is a violation of federal law to pirate software, and it carries tremendous penalties, including fines and possible imprisonment.
G.C. Hutson, Chief Executive and Senior Partner
Sadien Intellectual Property, Inc.
http://www.Sadien.com
as far as i can see for normal people like us its only a benefit piracy only affects media industries and software developers...
Software Piracy!
-steals software media -intentionally erases programs -illegally copies a program -illegally registers and/or activates a program
The main advantages of software piracy are the fact that it is inexpensive, in many cases there is no cost at all, you can get it for free, another advantage is that it is easy to find. The big disadvantage of software piracy is that it is illegal.
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what are five types of software piracy
Legal copying is licensed by the copyright holder, and software piracy is copying without permission.
piracy
Software piracy pertains to an unauthorized reproduction of licensed software. Pirated copies of these software might work like a regular licensed one but the licensing keys are illegally produced.
The main advantages of software piracy are the fact that it is inexpensive, in many cases there is no cost at all, you can get it for free, another advantage is that it is easy to find. The big disadvantage of software piracy is that it is illegal.
Software are licensed when someone copies software without the appropriate license for each copy, it is called end user piracy.
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