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Topic : Software Piracy: A Global Concern
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Started by : Neelam Mishra, Software Developer, BEA Systems   05 14 2010 09:35:45 +0000
Industry : IT IndustryFunctional Area : Software Piracy(Others)
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Software piracy or ‘soft-lifting’, the unauthorized use or illegal copying of computer software seems to be a persistent and truly a global phenomenon in spite of international efforts to reduce it. The widespread of the Internet and communication technologies in the last decade created an infrastructure which makes sharing digital products (software, music and video products) easier than ever before.


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Consequently this has increased the opportunity for further escalation of intel-lectual property rights (IPRs hereafter) violation. Copyright violation and software piracy are causing huge losses worldwide. The Business Software Alliance (BSA) estimated an increase of 4.8% in 2005 to $34.3 billion of worldwide direct losses due to software piracy (BSA, 2006).

So what are the determinants of software piracy??

 
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Technological Factors

idea posted by Neelam Mishra Software Developer, BEA Systems

Technological factors, including IT infrastructure and Internet diffusion in particular, were con-sidered as potential explanatory variables in the software piracy rate models. When technological factors were included in the model the following indicators were used to measure IT infrastructure and Internet diffusion: number of Internet service providers, TVs, phones, PCs and Internet users per 1,000 persons.

The rationale behind using these variables in the piracy models is that the more PC and Internet users are in a country the less likely pirated software will be used due to the network and scale effects which would make the software more affordable.

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by puneet , Manager Admin  | 05 17 2010 17:42:16 +0000

yes same here.

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