What is Software Piracy?

Title: What is Software Piracy?
Category: /Science & Technology/Computers and Cybernetics
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What is Software Piracy?
The PC industry is just over 20 years old. In those 20 years, both the quality and quantity of available software programs have increased dramatically. Although approximately 70% of the worldwide market is today supplied by developers in the United States, significant development work is occurring in scores of nations around the world. But in both the United States and abroad, unauthorized copying of personal computer software is a serious problem. On average, for every authorized copy of …showed first 75 words of 4443 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 4443 total…Novell's discovery that the upgrade product was being sold in Indonesia, the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, as well as the US F.B.I. Reveals Arrest in Major CD-Rom Piracy Case -The first major case of CD-Rom piracy in the United States -A Canadian father and son were found in possession of 15,000 counterfeit copies of Rebel Assault and Myst that were being sold at 25% of the retail value -Both men were free on bail

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