Essays Tagged: "software piracy"

Canada's Copyright Law

which thecopyright law is broken in everyday life. They is audio/video tape copying,plagiarism, and software piracy.The first, and most commonly violated aspect of the copyright law, is thecopying of ... ed, teachers can't copy it anymore than students or anyone else can.The third category of piracy is Software Pirating. There are severalforms which this can take. The most common form is very similar ...

(3 pages) 73 1 3.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Software Piracy and it’s Effects

ause not much is done to enforce these law. Also some countries of the world have no Copyright laws.Software Piracy is a breach of a copyright law as one copies data contained on the medium on to anot ... ne copies data contained on the medium on to another medium without the consent of the owner of the Software. When one buy a software one buys not the software content and therefore it isn't ones prop ...

(4 pages) 146 1 2.3 Feb/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Computer Crime, on the increase in many areas: hackers, hardware theft, software piracy and the information highway.

easonable doubt, computer crime is on the increase in the following areas: hackers, hardware theft, software piracy and the information highway. This information is gathered from expert sources such a ... hat hardware theft is on the increase.As the network of computers gets bigger so will the number of software thief's. Electronic software theft over the Internet and other online services and cost the ...

(5 pages) 307 2 4.1 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Software Piracy

Software piracy is the failure of a licensed user to adhere to the conditions of a software license ... here to the conditions of a software license or the unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted software by a person or entity that has not been licensed to use the software. Software piracy has b ... Software piracy has become a household word and a household crime and has had a great affect on the software industry. It is a problem that can only be solved by the choices of each individual.The com ...

(5 pages) 131 0 4.1 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Software Piracy, A Big Crime With Big Consequences

ious problem and isvery difficult to circumvent. Every computer user is bothtempted and immersed in software piracy in its many forms. Oneof the most disturbing facts behind this crime is that manypeo ... urbing facts behind this crime is that manypeople who participate in the distribution of commercial softwaredon't even know they are committing a crime. Software piracy isa very serious and widespread ...

(8 pages) 212 0 3.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

What is Software Piracy?

C 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 ... ound 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 personal computer software i ...

(17 pages) 403 5 4.8 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Helping Your Kids Become Good Cyber Citizens By Example - a discussion on the prevention of software piracy through leadership in the home

question comes to mind. What does a parent, guardian or trusted adult's attitude on the subject of software piracy say to a kid? Is the message he receives a confusing one, such as, "They've got lots ... nts, and trusted persons around them do or have to say concerning a given issue. When that issue is software piracy, kids are likely to lean toward the path of least resistance.It takes more than atti ...

(4 pages) 107 0 2.2 Sep/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Computers and the Law

puter crimes. A computer crime, obviously involves using a computer, can be in the form of hacking, software piracy, planting viruses or storing/distributing inappropriate pornographic images to name ... payment for them will be taken by the bogus trader.It is also possible to get special hardware and software which can read the information from the magnetic strip of a credit card and write it to ano ...

(10 pages) 473 5 4.9 Dec/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics

Software Piracy, and current issues realting to the topic.

Software pirates are cheating the United States and the world of jobs, and retail sales in our socie ... society. The current law agrees with this statement. The United States government has made computer software able to be protected by United States Copyright Law. With this law, corporations intend to ... yright Law. With this law, corporations intend to reduce the software piracy business. However, the software pirates are not helpless in this battle, because new technology makes it easier to become a ...

(9 pages) 285 1 4.5 Feb/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Computer Software Piracy

Software PiracyThe term "software piracy" covers several different activities which include, illegal ... al different activities which include, illegal copying of programs, counterfeiting and distributing software, even sharing a program with a friend. It's important to understand the different ways soft ... st to comply with the law but to protect yourself and your computer.Two of the most common forms of software piracy are end-user copying and counterfeiting. End-user copying is simply unlicensed copyi ...

(2 pages) 61 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Computer Piracy

become a tremendous issue in the past few years and continues to grow. Computer piracy occurs when software gets copied without permission from the copyright holder, this usually then leads to the co ... her invention. Not only does this cheat the system but it's illegal as well.There are five types of software piracy that face us today. They consist of, soft lifting, hard disk loading, renting, downl ...

(3 pages) 90 1 4.9 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics

The Software Piracy Issue

Software is a major part of our lives, with technology substantially climbing at a large rate. Softw ... ing at a large rate. Software can be anything from operating systems, email handlers to games. Free software is anything but good for the consumer or developer. It consists in many different forms: tr ... e and Piracy. Unlike more physical products such as hardware, modern advance technology has allowed software to be duplicated with almost zero effort or cost (piracy). This causes the problem to wides ...

(2 pages) 83 0 3.3 Aug/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

- SOFTWARE CRIME -

o the latest revolution and also it is bring us to the newest style of crime, which is what I call "Software Crime". Alternatively, in most cases we can say this is about software piracy. Software cri ... piracy. Software crime is generally defined as any crime accomplished through special knowledge of software technology. Increasing instances of professional crime involve computers as more businesses ...

(4 pages) 46 0 3.7 Nov/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

Software Piracy

Computer PiracyComputer Piracy is software that is copied without permission from the copyright holder. This means that the copyright ... sion from the copyright holder. This means that the copyright holder, usually the one who makes the software, will not get any reward for his/hers product. It is illegal to infringe the copyright law ... right law and can result in imprisonment and/or fines.Every time a computer program is pirated, the software developers lose money that would have been putinto designing better quality software(1). Th ...

(2 pages) 28 0 4.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Piracy in the Computer World

Software piracy is an all too common predicament in the technology industry. The official definition ... ing Title 18 of the United States Code to include criminal penalties for copyright infringements of software . If a software pirate is brought to trial and found guilty under the criminal law system, ... he may spend up to five years in prison and/or be fined up to $250,000. Under the civil law system, software companies can receive actual damages, including the guilty parties' profits. The court in a ...

(5 pages) 95 1 4.4 Aug/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics

Computer Games

graphics or AI in the PC versions. The vast array of customisation available to a PC makes PC game software piracy a much bigger problem than with other forms of video gaming.HistoryThe history of co ... eople to play the first section of the game for free and requiring payment to play the rest. Apogee Software was one company that distributed shareware demos on disks and later through the Internet. T ...

(15 pages) 174 0 4.5 Apr/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

"Piracy: A 1 Billion Dollar Scandal in the UK"

Presentation of the Issue:Yearly, billions of dollars worth of software is copied illegally throughout the world. In some nations, the copying of software is done ... and economic level. As Dr. Bryce, a senior lecturer in psychology, said in an article published on software piracy: "They just don't see it as theft. They just see it as inevitable, particularly as n ... heft. They just see it as inevitable, particularly as new technologies become available".In the UK, software piracy has been a major problem for industries and businesses like the Business Software Al ...

(4 pages) 28 2 3.7 Oct/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Computer and Electronics Companies

Untitled

imple as a threatening e-mail. Computer crime in nature ranges from relatively small things such as software piracy to magnificent crimes like fraud.Computer crime itself has metamorphasized from its ... most computer crime of that time actually involved hardware sabotage and theft, rather than a more software oriented problem. In the late 1970s and early to mid 1980s, computer crime had elevated a n ...

(13 pages) 43 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Untitled

imple as a threatening e-mail. Computer crime in nature ranges from relatively small things such as software piracy to magnificent crimes like fraud.Computer crime itself has metamorphasized from its ... most computer crime of that time actually involved hardware sabotage and theft, rather than a more software oriented problem. In the late 1970s and early to mid 1980s, computer crime had elevated a n ...

(12 pages) 27 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Adoption Of The Uniform Computer Information Trans

Adoption of the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) by the states.Software piracy, and the need of some form of protection for software owners has led to the developm ... er professionals and engineers to oppose it.The main points of the UCITA stand as follows: ?« Software vendors will be legally allowed to shutdown a client¡¦s software upon belief t ... ached.?« Provide a legal status to the shrink-wrapped license.?« Selling or passing the software will not be allowed without permission from the author.?« Allow the vendors to discla ...

(4 pages) 11 0 1.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law