Software Piracy

SOFTWARE PIRACY

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TERM PAPER PRESENTATION

BY
ASHRAF UDDIN South Asian University (Master of Computer Applications)

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Monday, April 23, 201223 April 2012

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ABOUT SOFTWARE PIRACY HISTORY TYPES WHY SOFTWARE PIRACY? EFFECTS ON USERS EFFECTS ON DEVELOPERS REDUCING SP VS ECONOMIC GROWTH HOW TO REDUCE IT? LAWS & PENALTIES RESPONCIBLITIES AS A USER COPYRIFGHT & BENIFICIARIES THE FUTURE OF SP CONCLUSION

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ABOUT SOFTWARE PIRACY
copying and using commercial software purchased by someone else.  One purchase software, he is actually purchasing a license to use it, not the actual software.  loaning CDs, downloading or distributing pirated software from the Internet, or buying a single software program and then installing it -copyright infringement => software piracy
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A COMMON VIEW

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ABOUT SOFTWARE PIRACY HISTORY TYPES WHY SOFTWARE PIRACY? EFFECTS ON USERS EFFECTS ON DEVELOPERS REDUCING SP VS ECONOMIC GROWTH HOW TO REDUCE IT LAWS & PENALTIES RESPONCIBLITIES AS A USER COPYRIFGHT & BENIFICIARIES THE FUTURE OF SP CONCLUSION

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HISTORY OF SOFTWARE PIRACY
The history of software piracy dates back almost to the invention of the consumer computer itself, MITS’ altair 8800 by Ed Roberts in 1975.  Bill Gates and Paul Allen persuaded Roberts to license BASIC, a programming language from them.  They used to invite people to see the low priced computer running various programs.  Someone then borrowed one of the paper tapes lying around.
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FIRST SOFTWARE PIRACY
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Homebrew

member

Dan

Sokol

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somehow obtaining a pre-market tape of the interpreter, he made 25 copies and distributed them at the next Homebrew meeting, urging recipients to make more copies. Gates responded worded in 1976 Letter with to a strongly that
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Open

Hobbyists

accused the copiers of theft and declared that he could not continue developing computer

software that people did not pay for.

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ABOUT SOFTWARE PIRACY HISTORY TYPES WHY SOFTWARE PIRACY? EFFECTS ON USERS EFFECTS ON DEVELOPERS REDUCING SP VS ECONOMIC GROWTH HOW TO REDUCE IT LAWS & PENALTIES RESPONCIBLITIES AS A USER COPYRIFGHT & BENIFICIARIES THE FUTURE OF SP CONCLUSION

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TYPES OF SOFTWARE PIRACY
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1. Soft Lifting
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2. Hard Disk Loading 3. Renting

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4. OEM Unbundling
5. Counterfeiting 6. Online Piracy

TYPES CONTINUED
1. Soft Lifting

means sharing a program with someone who is not authorized by the license agreement to use it.  Also known as soft loading.  A common form of soft lifting involves purchasing a single licensed copy of software and then loading the software onto several computers
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TYPES CONTINUED
2. Hard Disk Loading
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Often committed by hardware dealers
this form of piracy involves loading an unauthorized copy of software onto a computer being sold to the end user.

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To attract customers

TYPES CONTINUED
3. Renting
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Renting involves someone renting out a copy of software for temporary use, without the permission of the copyright holder.
The practice, similar to that of renting a video from Blockbuster, violates the license agreement of software.

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TYPES CONTINUED
4. OEM Unbundling
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means selling stand-alone software originally meant to be included with a specific accompanying product.
An example of this form of piracy is someone providing drivers to a specific printer without authorization.

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TYPES CONTINUED
5. Counterfeiting
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means producing fake copies of software, making it look authentic.
This involves providing the box, CDs, and manuals, all designed to look as much like the original product as possible.

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TYPES CONTINUED
6. Online Piracy

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The fastest-growing form of piracy is Internet piracy.  there are hundreds of thousands of "warez" sites providing unlimited downloads to any user.
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ABOUT SOFTWARE PIRACY HISTORY TYPES WHY SOFTWARE PIRACY? EFFECTS ON USERS EFFECTS ON DEVELOPERS REDUCING SP VS ECONOMIC GROWTH HOW TO REDUCE IT LAWS & PENALTIES RESPONCIBLITIES AS A USER COPYRIFGHT & BENIFICIARIES THE FUTURE OF SP CONCLUSION

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WHY SOFTWARE PIRACY?
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Expensive Availability

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Not convenient to buy for each computer
Ask to buy new version although having original

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one
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The CD/backup damaged…
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Buy another!! Ridiculous!!

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ABOUT SOFTWARE PIRACY HISTORY TYPES WHY SOFTWARE PIRACY? EFFECTS ON USERS EFFECTS ON DEVELOPERS REDUCING SP VS ECONOMIC GROWTH HOW TO REDUCE IT LAWS & PENALTIES RESPONCIBLITIES AS A USER COPYRIFGHT & BENIFICIARIES THE FUTURE OF SP CONCLUSION

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EFFECTS ON USERS
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1. Lower productivity 2. Malware Infection
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3. Subject to raid 4. Unusual sufferings

EFFECTS ON USERS…………
1. Lower productivity
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that pirated software often includes incomplete or damaged programs

EFFECTS ON USERS…………
2. Malware Infection
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Pirated software can also include computer viruses (malware) which can destroy data on a user’s hard drive. “Computer viruses can have a devastating impact on any computer user -- from the home user to a large business,

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EFFECTS ON USERS…………
3. Subject to raid
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Companies can also be subject to raids by the SIIA (Software & Information Industry Association).

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An informant can initiate the process.

EFFECTS ON USERS…………
4. Unusual sufferings
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copy protection can create a nightmare for users. Most users hate dongles for a variety of reasons. Dongles can be troublesome to install and use since they often require a special hardware driver for dongles. each protected program requires an additional dongle, which causes an unwieldy “pile” of connected dongles on the back of the PC.

EFFECTS ON USERS…………
Others
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Usually no manuals.
No access to support in many cases. No access to bug fixes and maintenance releases.

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ABOUT SOFTWARE PIRACY HISTORY TYPES WHY SOFTWARE PIRACY? EFFECTS ON USERS EFFECTS ON DEVELOPERS REDUCING SP VS ECONOMIC GROWTH HOW TO REDUCE IT LAWS & PENALTIES RESPONCIBLITIES AS A USER COPYRIFGHT & BENIFICIARIES THE FUTURE OF SP CONCLUSION

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EFFECTS ON DEVELOPERS
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Software pirates can destroy the revenue stream of small companies.
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these small companies often become economically unstable.

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No initiative for new software development program.

Asia Pacific Piracy rate and Revenue Losses Overall piracy rate increased slightly but software revenue losses grew 44 percent last year

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Source: Business Software Alliance & IDC Asia Pacific
2006 Country Piracy rate (%) Australia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Malaysia New Zealand 29 82 53 71 85 25 60 22 Revenue Losses ($M) 515 5429 180 1275 350 1781 289 49 Piracy rate (%) 31 86 54 72 87 28 60 23 Revenue Losses ($M) 361 3884 2005

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112 566 280 1621 149 30

Pakistan
Philippines Singapore South Korea Taiwan Thailand Vietnam Others Total

86
71 39 45 41 80 88 86 55

143
119 125 440 182 421 96 202 11596

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71 40 46 43 80 90 82 54

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76 86 400 111 259 38 29 8050

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??????
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a developer be beneficiary of software piracy?

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CAN A DEVELOPER BE BENEFICIARY OF SOFTWARE PIRACY?

YES.
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Indirectly piracy makes manpower intelligent of using its software.

The company feel comfortable to use their software because human resource is more available.

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ABOUT SOFTWARE PIRACY HISTORY TYPES WHY SOFTWARE PIRACY? EFFECTS ON USERS EFFECTS ON DEVELOPERS REDUCING SP VS ECONOMIC GROWTH HOW TO REDUCE IT LAWS & PENALTIES RESPONCIBLITIES AS A USER COPYRIFGHT & BENIFICIARIES THE FUTURE OF SP CONCLUSION

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REDUCING SP VS ECONOMIC GROWTH
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A study finds that reducing the piracy rate for PC software by 10 percentage points in four years would create $142 billion in new economic activity — more than 80 percent accruing to local industries . while adding nearly 500,000 new high-tech jobs and generating roughly $32 billion in new tax revenues.
[Source: “BSA and IDC Global Piracy Software Study,” Business Software Alliance & IDC, May 2010)]

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SOFTWARE PIRACY: STATISTICS AND FACTS
More than one third of adult Internet users say they have downloaded commercial software online without paying for all the copies they made. (Source: “Quantifying Online Downloading of Unlicensed Software – Survey of Internet Users,” IPSOS Public Affairs, May 2002)
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25% of users who download software say they never pay for it. (Source: IPSOS, May 2002)

Last year, piracy cost the software industry an estimated $11 billion. (Source: “2009 Global Software Piracy Report,” International Planning and Research Corp., June 2002)

The loss to the economy has significant impact, including more than 111,000 jobs lost, $5.6 billion in lost wages and more than $1.5 billion in lost tax revenue. (Source: “2001 State Software Piracy Study,” International Planning and Research Corp., October 2002)

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ABOUT SOFTWARE PIRACY HISTORY TYPES WHY SOFTWARE PIRACY? EFFECTS ON USERS EFFECTS ON DEVELOPERS REDUCING SP VS ECONOMIC GROWTH HOW TO REDUCE IT LAWS & PENALTIES RESPONCIBLITIES AS A USER COPYRIFGHT & BENIFICIARIES THE FUTURE OF SP CONCLUSION

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HOW TO REDUCE IT(1)

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1. Increase Public Education and Awareness 2. Implement the WIPO Copyright Treaty
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3. Create Strong and Workable Enforcement Mechanisms as Required by TRIPS(trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights)

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4. Step Up Enforcement with Dedicated Resources

5. Lead by example

HOW TO REDUCE IT(2)

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1. Software Protection: Registration Codes 2. Online Activation
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3. Media Protection One popular method involves using custom software drivers to deny copying of the media. Other methods introduce random errors into the media so copying doesn’t work.

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ABOUT SOFTWARE PIRACY HISTORY TYPES WHY SOFTWARE PIRACY? EFFECTS ON USERS EFFECTS ON DEVELOPERS REDUCING SP VS ECONOMIC GROWTH HOW TO REDUCE IT LAWS & PENALTIES RESPONCIBLITIES AS A USER COPYRIFGHT & BENIFICIARIES THE FUTURE OF SP CONCLUSION

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LAWS & PENALTIES
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Additional installation, distribution, or reproduction of the software in ways that the license prohibits is a violation of
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federal copyright law.
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Any person(s) practicing or participating in any of these

illegal acts can be held liable.
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The laws varies over different regions. Generally punishment as fine up to a huge amount.

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SOME ORGANIZATIONS

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RESPONCIBLITIES AS A USER
to purchase only legitimate software products.  When buying software, it is necessary to be sure to get genuine disks, manuals and license documentation.  When one purchases illegal or counterfeit copies, his money goes straight into the pockets of software pirates .  Buy from an authorized dealer  Check the prices and ask for itemized quotations and receipts  Call the software publisher
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ABOUT SOFTWARE PIRACY HISTORY TYPES WHY SOFTWARE PIRACY? EFFECTS ON USERS EFFECTS ON DEVELOPERS REDUCING SP VS ECONOMIC GROWTH HOW TO REDUCE IT LAWS & PENALTIES RESPONCIBLITIES AS A USER COPYRIFGHT & BENIFICIARIES THE FUTURE OF SP CONCLUSION

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COPYRIFGHT & BENIFICIARIES

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giving the creator of an original work, exclusive right to it. Generally, it is "the right to copy", but also gives the
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copyright holder the right to be credited for the work, to determine who may adapt the work to other forms.
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It’s true that copyright’s ultimate beneficiary is the public.
But the immediate beneficiary is creators.

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
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Why Be a Pirate? Use Open Source Software Instead Constraints
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Quality Not user friendly Rapid change Documentation Lack of focus on UI

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THE FUTURE OF SP
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CD checks, serial numbers, dongles, although this technology decreases the rate of piracy, it does not inhibit

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With time any protection routine can be understood and defeated, they are by no means failsafe.

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No longer are developers keen to ship a completely
standalone version of their flagship product.

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Instead, they are choosing a service-based, online model. The idea is simple. If the user never has the game in its entirety, it cannot be replicated or pirated.

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CONCLUSION
Software Piracy is immoral. Software piracy is theft of intellectual property.
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Developers invest time and money to develop a product and deserve to make a fair profit, so they can develop

new products in future.
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the damage done to the industry and legitimate end users does not balance the few advantages that piracy does have.

REFERENCES
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[1]. Software Piracy Exposed BY Paul Craig, Ron Honick and Mark Burnettz, ISBN: 1-93226-6984 [2]. http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/wp/crime/piracy.htm [3]. http://www.bsa.org/country/Anti-Piracy/What-is-Software-Piracy.aspx [4]. The Effects of Software Piracy on Consumers and Software Developers By Adam Leinss  http://www.leinss.com/files/piracy.pdf [5]. http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~eroberts/cs181/projects/software-piracy/types.html [6]. 2010, Piracy impact Study: the economic benefits of reducing software piracy.  http://portal.bsa.org/piracyimpact2010/studies/piracyimpactstudy2010.pdf [7]. Effective Anti-Piracy Methods to employ in Software Development, Research Paper, EECS481 Software Engineering, The University of Michigan  http://nicj.net/files/effective_anti_piracy_methods_to_employ_in_software_development.pdf [8.] http://www.bw.edu/resources/infotech/pubs/software_piracy/ [9]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act [10]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act [11]. http://toostep.com/insight/software-piracy-and-the-law [12]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright [13]. http://www.copyhype.com/2011/05/who-benefits-from-copyright/

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