Feb 12, 2002 12:03 AM
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(Updated Feb 12, 2002 12:05 AM)
Hi, I am Rahul
First of all I would like to tell you that I am very disappointed that no one has ever written a review pertaining to Software Piracy.I couldn't find a proper Category to put my review in so I had to choose this one.
Software is one of the most valuable technologies of the Information Age, running everything from PCs to the Internet. Unfortunately, because software is so valuable, and because computers make it easy to create an exact copy of a program in seconds, software piracy is widespread. From individual computer users to professionals who deal wholesale in stolen software, piracy exists in homes, schools, businesses and government.
Software pirates not only steal from the companies that make the software, but with less money for research and development of new software, all users are hurt. That's why all software piracy - even one copy you make for a friend - is illegal. And as the number of PCs and Internet use grow, the incidence of software piracy is growing, too.
Software Development involves a team effort that blends the creative ideas and talents of programmers, writers and graphic artists. And like most creative works, such as books, music and films, computer software is protected by copyright laws.
To make or download unauthorized copies of software is to break the law, no matter how many copies are involved. Whether you are casually making a few copies for friends, loaning disks, distributing and/or downloading pirated software via the INTERNET, or buying a single software and then installing in on 100 of your company's computers, you are committing a copyright infringement. It doesn't matter if you are doing it to make money or not - you are exposing yourself to severe civil and potentially even criminal penalties.
Apart from legal consequences, using copied or counterfeit software also means :
GREATER EXPOSURE TO SOFTWARE VIRUSES, CORRUPT DISKS, OR OTHERWISE DEFECTIVE SOFTWARE
INADEQUATE OR NO DOCUMENTATION. NO WARRANTIES.
LACK OF TECHNICAL PRODUCT SUPPORT AVAILABLE TO PROPERLY LICENSED USERS.
INELIGIBILITY FOR SOFTWARE UPGRADES OFFERED TO PROPERLY LICENSED USERS.
>>>>>>> THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SOFTWARE PIRACY <<<<<<<
In the United States, 24 percent of all business software is unlicensed. The Business Software Alliance estimates that in 2000 the industry lost more than $2.6 billion in revenue in the United States alone due to software theft. But software piracy's damaging economic impact is not just confined to the software industry. In fact, Software Piracy has an effect on the economic health of the nation as a whole. In 1999, the United States suffered a staggering 107,000 job losses, $5.3 billion in lost wages and $1.8 billion in lost tax revenue due to pirated software.
Come on people, it is time to wake up from the deep slumber. Get up and stop using pirated softwares.
Software Piracy is one of the biggest curses in the IT industry ! So play your part in helping the IT industry .
Remember,
TOGETHER WE CAN & WE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE !
Thanks for reading,
Rahul
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