Software Piracy in the Irish Context
Table of Contents Introduction 3 Executive Summary 4 Business Intelligence 5 Data Delivery 6 Conclusion 7 References 7
Introduction
Software piracy is a thing affecting most business in the world today and it seems evident that even though businesses improve and make it much harder for these criminals to copy their products it’s only a matter of time before they usually find a way to replicate the products therefore making software piracy all but impossible to stop.
According to the Oxford Dictionary software piracy is the unauthorised use or reproduction of another’s work.
So basically software piracy in the 21st century according to my interpretation is the illegal copying of a licensed software for sale or other illegal activities such as distribution etc.
Executive Summary
While they are numerous laws in Ireland and other countries forbidding the illegal copies of licensed software these action are still not enough to combat this billion dollar piracy industry which is growing continuously due to the minimal risks perceived by the culprits. In this research paper I will look at the effects of software piracy and the whole subject as a whole paying particular attention to the definition, effects and key ways to minimise it.
Types of software piracy
There different types of software counterfeiting that must people are not aware off and do unintentionally such as: 1. CD-R Piracy- this is when software is copied using CD-R technology and distributes it to friends or resale, this is very common with music albums. The difference with this and counterfeiting is that the person is not trying to pass the copy as a original copy and a lot of work is not put into the end product such as labelling and documentation.
2. Softlifting- 3.
When a software program is copied using CD-R recording technology (CR-R technology is a recordable disk medium that is typically used to "burn" copies of music and movies and often has serial
Introduction
Software piracy is a thing affecting most business in the world today and it seems evident that even though businesses improve and make it much harder for these criminals to copy their products it’s only a matter of time before they usually find a way to replicate the products therefore making software piracy all but impossible to stop.
According to the Oxford Dictionary software piracy is the unauthorised use or reproduction of another’s work.
So basically software piracy in the 21st century according to my interpretation is the illegal copying of a licensed software for sale or other illegal activities such as distribution etc.
Executive Summary
While they are numerous laws in Ireland and other countries forbidding the illegal copies of licensed software these action are still not enough to combat this billion dollar piracy industry which is growing continuously due to the minimal risks perceived by the culprits. In this research paper I will look at the effects of software piracy and the whole subject as a whole paying particular attention to the definition, effects and key ways to minimise it.
Types of software piracy
There different types of software counterfeiting that must people are not aware off and do unintentionally such as: 1. CD-R Piracy- this is when software is copied using CD-R technology and distributes it to friends or resale, this is very common with music albums. The difference with this and counterfeiting is that the person is not trying to pass the copy as a original copy and a lot of work is not put into the end product such as labelling and documentation.
2. Softlifting- 3.
When a software program is copied using CD-R recording technology (CR-R technology is a recordable disk medium that is typically used to "burn" copies of music and movies and often has serial
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