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Essay Galaxy - Software Licensing and Piracy
Software Licensing and Piracy
In 1993 worldwide illegal copying of domestic and international
software cost $12.5 billion to the software industry, with a loss of $2.2
billion in the United States alone. Estimates show that over 40 percent of
U.S. software company revenues are generated overseas, yet nearly 85
percent of the software industry's piracy losses occurred outside of the
United States borders. The Software Publishers Association indicated that
approximately 35 percent of the business software in the United States was
obtained illegally, which 30 percent of the piracy occurs in corporate
settings. In a corporate setting or business, every computer must have its
own set of original software and the appropriate number of manuals. It is
illegal for a corporation or business to purchase a single set of origi....
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