Software Piracy Report and Software Protection Technology Trend

Dec. 21, 2009 - PRLog -- There are five common types of software piracy.

☑End User Piracy

People in a company reproduce copies of software without authorization. It includes 5 ways to pirate software.
To install a program on multiple computers with only one license.
Disk copying to install and distribute software;
Update a new version of an authorized software.
Apply a demo version or trial version software for commercial use.
Exchange disks in or outside the workplace.

☑Client-Server Overuse


When one copy of a program is using at the same time in a workstation by lots of staffs in a company, there are chances that the software is stolen. The company has to authorized the right person and the limited number to use the program on the server.

☑Online Piracy
The more popular to download software through internet, the more easier to steal a copy of the software. The rules that apply to the actual purchase are not sufficient to stop the unauthorized copying.

There are 3 ways to get pirated software from internet:
Some websites that specially provide free download or in exchange of uploaded software;
Internet auction sites that offer counterfeit, illegal-channeled, unauthorized software;
Peer-to-Peer network that enables unauthorized transfer of copyrighted programs.

☑Hard-Disk Loading
A business who sells new computers may load illegal copies of software into the hard disks to attract customers. The same concerns and issues apply to resellers that sell or install new software into computers in the workplace.

☑Software Counterfeiting
It is the illegal duplication and sale of copyrighted program by way of directly imitating the copyrighted software. People can find counterfeit copies of the CDs incorporating the software programs, as well as related packaging, manuals, license agreements, labels and registration cards.

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