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Every year, billions of dollars
are lost to software piracy, which is the illegal distribution
and/or copying of software for personal and/or business
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What many people fail to realize is that the harm caused
by software piracy affects more than the software publishers.
It affects the U.S. economy - with a 27% piracy rate in the
United States, the economic effects are significant - in 1998,
there was a loss of over 25,000 jobs and a loss of over US $400
million in tax revenues as a result of piracy.
Pirating software is stealing and the more revenue that is lost
because of stolen goods, the less that can be spent by companies
for further research and development for new products and new
innovations. Everyone suffers from the acts of a few.
How can reporting software piracy help underprivileged schools?
If you know of, or believe you know of an organization or an
individual who is committing software piracy, please report
them.
Evrsoft software is owned by Evrsoft Pty Ltd. When you purchase
software, you purchase a license to use the application. The
use of the software must be in compliance with the End User
License Agreement that is included with the software. Misuse
of software is punishable by Federal Copyright Law.
- End-User Piracy is copying software without
buying the appropriate number of licenses. For example:
Businesses that buy volume licenses, but under-report the
number of computers using the software or fail to add licenses
as new computers are added.
Businesses that host software on a server, enabling employees
to download the software, without limiting or monitoring
the number of copies.
Employees who copy personal software onto their work computer.
In this instance, the employer is liable for illegal or
unauthorized software found on company hardware.
- Hard Disk Loading is the practice of
installing unauthorized copies of software onto computer
hardware prior to sale. Although many machines are preloaded
with legitimate software via agreements between computer
manufacturers and software publishers, some suppliers illegally
install software to sell machines.
- Internet Piracy is the downloading unauthorized
copies of software over the internet that violates copyright
laws. When downloading software or serial numbers made available
over the internet, it is important to ensure that the software
publisher allows users the right to download and make copies.
- Bootlegging is illegally making copies
of software, software manuals and distributing them as such,
commonly in the form of "backups," CD-Rs, Tapes,
Cartridges, Any Removable media, or "a copy for a friend.
- Counterfeiting is illegally making copies
of software and distributing them in packaging made to appear
similar to the legitimate products.
- Online Auction Piracy occurs when:
1. The seller is offering our products in quantity and he/she
is not an authorized reseller or distributer of Evrsoft
Pty Ltd. products or otherwise licensed to reproduce or
distribute any and all Evrsoft products.
2. The software offered was previously distributed in violation
of an authorized distributor, reseller, or OEM contract
with Evrsoft Pty Ltd. and further distribution by seller
constitutes patent, trademark, and copyright infringement.
3. The software was an academic, NRF (not for resale), or
OEM version being offered in violation of applicable agreements
with Evrsoft Pty. Ltd. and further distribution by seller
constitutes patent, trademark, and copyright infringement.
4 . The software being offered had previously been used
to obtain an upgrade to a newer version and transfer from
the prior owner is prohibited.
To learn more about software piracy, visit the Web sites of
the Software Publishers Association (www.siia.net) and the Business
Software Alliance (www.bsa.org).
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FACTS |
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|  What
Are the Penalties for Pirating Software?
In most countries, organizations can be held liable when employees
copy or download unauthorized
software. Penalties include damages, fines and even criminal
sentences. But there are other consequences
as well. Networks may be exposed to viruses. In the United
States, infringers face civil damages up to
$150,000 for each program copied.
Impact
of Software Piracy?
Software piracy contributes to lost sales, jobs, wages and
tax revenues. It denies software developers a
return on their substantial investment of time, money and
creativity and harms consumers and the industry
as a whole.
In
2001, piracy cost the worldwide software industry $11 billion
in lost revenue.
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