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The copyright infringement of software (often referred to as software piracy) refers to several practices which involve the unauthorized copying of computer software. Copyright infringement of this kind is extremely common. Most countries have copyright laws which apply to software, but the degree of enforcement varies. After a dispute over WTO membership between Iran and USA led to the legalization in Iran of the unconstrained distribution of software (see Iran and copyright issues), there have been fears that world governments might use copyright politically. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  images.mobiletechtoday.com 124px x 172px | 12.20kB [source page]  godunov.com 300px x 322px | 24.50kB [source page] microsoft rev jpg 12 Sep 1995 05 20 15K music sales gif 15 Jan 1996 15 25 5 4K software piracy jpg 02 Jun 1995 19 17 25K women in science jpg 16 Jan 1996 22 45 29K From Yahoo Image Search: "Software Piracy"  wikio.com unknown Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:44:39 GM California-based Solid Oak . Software. , which sells the Cybersitter program, filed a $2.2 billion civil action in federal court in Los Angeles. by Elinor Mills CNET News. Source : ZDNet (subscribe). Explore : Technology.  news-itc.com admin Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:40:19 GM Lawsuit alleges that Sony, Toshiba, Lenovo, and others distributed millions of copies of . pirated. Web filtering . software. at the behest of the Chinese government. . Read the rest at cnet.com. No tags for this post.  it-code-news.blogspot.com abdthebest Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:30:00 GM Software. maker sues China on . piracy. accusation (AP) AP - A U.S. . software. maker sued China's government and seven computer makers Tuesday alleging . piracy. of its Internet filtering . software. . ... From Google Blog Search: "Software Piracy"  news.google.com National The rise of cheap computers and music software piracy has led to an ever-increasing swarm of subgenres, from Berber R&B to West African hiplife. ... news.google.com Vancouver Sun "I think that the Chinese game development and distribution community has understood that there are clear ways to prevent piracy and IP theft," says Simon ... and more » news.google.com Wall Street Journal Piracy and revenue-sharing issues make China a daunting market for outside companies in the industry. Also, Beijing has strict regulations and licensing ... and more » From Google News Search: "Software Piracy" How to stop piracy of software developped in vb ? Q. I want to stop piracy of my software developed in vb. How to make demo software and how to make it as full version ?. Is there any free software available to do this ? Asked by mayur d - Thu Jul 24 00:47:52 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. u made it in vb write it in a simple form app that checks for a file use a basic encrptor engine which built in to .net framework check it agains the pc name and serial code so cant be copied or along them lines but be honest with ya u not gonna stop it if microsoft (have room of coders) tryin to stop there stuff being pirated and it does easily u aint got much chance :) and demo project just use a boolean and the basic form that starts of that checks if its not full ver set boolean to false and use it on the actuly program to disable certain functions lets say u made a video converter simple when click button to convert (if fullver = false then and set max time to 2 mins so they can only convert files smaller than 2 mins else end… [cont.] Answered by m b - Thu Jul 24 00:52:30 2008 Why software piracy continues to exist in the Pihilippines? Q. Why is it still there? Asked by Ariene Coronado - Mon Jul 28 23:37:29 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments Why software piracy is something that should concern everyone?
Q. Why software piracy is something that should concern everyone? Asked by Jumpman - Thu Jun 15 20:06:01 2006 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. All software are copyrighted, meaning they have a patent which by international laws do not allow anyone to make copies and to sell. They would require permission from the owners first which usually result in some form of royalties or monetary agreement. With piracy, the owners are losing their share of the market .'cos people do not have to buy the originals and in return affects the governments .'cos they would lose the tax, to be collected for every purchase, imposed on the products. For example, a DVD movie in the store would cost around $50/- a piece. With a pirated copy, cosumers like you only pay $1 - 5/- a piece. And the money doesn't even go to the owners who made the movies or music. Answered by eslperfect88 - Thu Jun 15 23:29:40 2006 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Software Piracy"
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