Software piracy

SOFTWARE PIRACY

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TERM PAPER PRESENTATION
BY
ASHRAF UDDIN
South Asian University
(Master of Computer Applications)
Monday, April 23, 201223 April 2012

KEY ITEMS
 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

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

A COMMON VIEW

KEY ITEMS
 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

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.

FIRST SOFTWARE PIRACY

 Homebrew member Dan Sokol ; after
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 in 1976 with a strongly
worded Open Letter to Hobbyists that
accused the copiers of theft and declared that
he could not continue developing computer
software that people did not pay for.

TYPES OF SOFTWARE PIRACY

 1. Soft Lifting

 2. Hard Disk Loading

 3. Renting

 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

TYPES CONTINUED
2. Hard Disk Loading

 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.

 To attract customers

TYPES CONTINUED
3. Renting

 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.

TYPES CONTINUED
4. OEM Unbundling

 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.

TYPES CONTINUED
5. Counterfeiting

 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.

TYPES CONTINUED
6. Online Piracy

 The fastest-growing form of piracy is Internet piracy.
 there are hundreds of thousands of "warez" sites
providing unlimited downloads to any user.

WHY SOFTWARE PIRACY?

 Expensive

 Availability

Not convenient to buy for each computer



 Ask to buy new version although having original
one

 The CD/backup damaged…
 Buy another!! Ridiculous!!

EFFECTS ON USERS

 1. Lower productivity

 2. Malware Infection

 3. Subject to raid

 4. Unusual sufferings

EFFECTS ON USERS…………

1. Lower productivity

 that pirated software often includes incomplete or
damaged programs


2. Malware Infection

 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,


3. Subject to raid

 Companies can also be subject to raids by the SIIA
(Software & Information Industry Association).

 An informant can initiate the process.


4. Unusual sufferings

 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.


Others

 Usually no manuals.

 No access to support in many cases.

 No access to bug fixes and maintenance releases.

EFFECTS ON DEVELOPERS
 Software pirates can destroy the revenue stream of small
companies.

 these small companies often become economically
unstable.

 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
**Source: Business Software Alliance & IDC Asia Pacific
2006 2005

Country
Piracy rate (%) Revenue Losses ($M) Piracy rate (%) Revenue Losses ($M)

Australia 29 515 31 361

China 82 5429 86 3884

Hong Kong 53 180 54 112

India 71 1275 72 566

Indonesia 85 350 87 280

Japan 25 1781 28 1621

Malaysia 60 289 60 149

New Zealand 22 49 23 30

Pakistan 86 143 86 48

Philippines 71 119 71 76

Singapore 39 125 40 86

South Korea 45 440 46 400

Taiwan 41 182 43 111

Thailand 80 421 80 259

Vietnam 88 96 90 38

Others 86 202 82 29

Total 55 11596 54 8050

??????

 Can a developer be beneficiary of
software piracy?


CAN A DEVELOPER BE BENEFICIARY OF SOFTWARE PIRACY?

YES.

 Indirectly piracy makes manpower intelligent of
using its software.

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

REDUCING SP VS ECONOMIC GROWTH

 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)]

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)

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)

HOW TO REDUCE IT(1)

 1. Increase Public Education and Awareness

 2. Implement the WIPO Copyright Treaty

 3. Create Strong and Workable Enforcement
Mechanisms as Required by TRIPS(trade-related
aspects of intellectual property rights)

 4. Step Up Enforcement with Dedicated Resources

 5. Lead by example

HOW TO REDUCE IT(2)

 1. Software Protection: Registration Codes

 2. Online Activation

 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.

LAWS & PENALTIES

 Additional installation, distribution, or reproduction of the
software in ways that the license prohibits is a violation of

federal copyright law.

 Any person(s) practicing or participating in any of these
illegal acts can be held liable.

 The laws varies over different regions.

 Generally punishment as fine up to a huge amount.

SOME ORGANIZATIONS

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

COPYRIFGHT & BENIFICIARIES

 giving the creator of an original work, exclusive right to it.

 Generally, it is "the right to copy", but also gives the

copyright holder the right to be credited for the work, to
determine who may adapt the work to other forms.

 It’s true that copyright’s ultimate beneficiary is the public.
But the immediate beneficiary is creators.

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

 Why Be a Pirate? Use Open Source Software
Instead

 Constraints
 Quality
 Not user friendly
 Rapid change
 Documentation
 Lack of focus on UI

THE FUTURE OF SP

 CD checks, serial numbers, dongles, although this
technology decreases the rate of piracy, it does not inhibit
it.

 With time any protection routine can be understood and
defeated, they are by no means failsafe.
 No longer are developers keen to ship a completely
standalone version of their flagship product.
 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.

CONCLUSION

 Software Piracy is immoral.

 Software piracy is theft of intellectual property.

 Developers invest time and money to develop a product
and deserve to make a fair profit, so they can develop
new products in future.

 the damage done to the industry and legitimate end
users does not balance the few advantages that piracy
does have.

REFERENCES
 [1]. Software Piracy Exposed BY Paul Craig, Ron Honick and Mark Burnettz, ISBN: 1-93226-698-
4
 [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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