An Overview of Software Piracy

Software piracy is a crime and it causes a great loss both for the developers and users. Pirated software is harmful for the consumers, software developers and re sellers  Pirated software can damage smooth functionality of any computer and most of the cases pirated software is infected with viruses. Therefore, those who supply illegal and faulty software can not tend to provide technical support. A consumer can not enjoy full benefits from pirated software because there is no adequate documentation. There’s also no chance of getting proper technical support as well as upgrading opportunity while on the other hand genuine software provides all sorts of supports and other benefits. Here in pirated software, consumers have to count the loss of time and money as usually.

Developers develop software programs to establish as the renowned software developers and they wish to earn great revenue from the present products and from the future upgraded products. They invest huge time, great concentration and cash money for creating better software program. But the piracy kills their dreams and so they have to count a great loss.

There are several kinds of software piracy that we will discuss here in below:

End User Piracy: Very common form of end users piracy is that of using cracked version software. Using several copies of a single software package on some dissimilar systems or dealing out registered or approved copies of software to others.

Re-seller Piracy: Re-seller piracy generally takes places in case of distributing several copies of a single software package by the dishonest re-seller to many consumers. It also occurs while re-sellers sell fake versions of software in sense to innocent users.

BBS/Internet Piracy: There are lots of hackers hacking and selling hacked keys of software. They distribute software without the permission of the developers. On the other hand pirates buy online software once and use it to many computers. Generally BBS/internet piracy occurs at the time of electronic transfer of copyrighted software.