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Software Licensing and Piracy-
Title: Software Licensing and Piracy-
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 3817 | Pages: 16.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Software Licensing and Piracy-
Software Licensing and Piracy-
In 1993 worldwide illegal copying of domestic and
international software cost .5 billion to the software industry,
with a loss of .2 billion in the United States alone. Estimates show
that over 40 percent of U.S. software company revenues are generated
overseas, yet nearly 85 percent of the software industry's piracy
losses occurred outside of the United States borders. The Software
Publishers Association indicated that approximately 35 percent of the
business software in the United States …showed first 75 words of 3817 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 3817 total…programs with
copyright. This resulted in why currently software copyright is not as
broad as it once was.
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Bibliography
Brandel, William, "Licensing stymies users,"
URL:"http://www.viman.com/license/license.html#policy", Viman
Software, Inc., 1994.
Business Software Alliance, "Software Piracy and the Law,"
URL:"http://www.bsa.org/bsa/docs/soft_pl.html", Business Software
Alliance, 1995.
Software Publishers Association, "SPA Anti-Piracy Backgrounder,"
URL:"http://www.spa.org/piracy/pi_back.htm", Software Publishers
Association, 1995.
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