What Is Software Piracy And What Are The Types Of Software Piracy?

Software piracy can be defined as the unauthorized customization, re-production, use, and distribution of software product. Software piracy is only harmful for the developers but also harmful for all the software community. Although every country has low against software piracy but this problem is increasing day by day at a dangerous rate. I will try to introduce types of software piracy in below.

End User Piracy: Using multiple copies of a software application on a single server based system or on the different system is known as end user piracy. Use of crake version or using fake keys for registration of a software application is also known as end user piracy.

Reseller Piracy: If software seller sales multiple copies of software which is not authorized then the piracy is known as the reseller piracy. Sometimes seller customizes and sells software without maintaining lows and don’t follow rules of software companies. This type of selling or intension is known as the reseller piracy.

Trade Mark Piracy: If someone other than the developer of the software claims to be authorized technician or reseller or support provider then the type of piracy is known as the Trade Mark piracy.

Internet Piracy: This type of piracy is involved with the uploading rights of software applications. Unauthorized software upload on internet is one kind of software piracy.

Software piracy is a complex problem and I think it can’t be prevent completely but it can be minimized by taking proper actions. If you are willing to learn more about software piracy and software piracy protection then you must need to have some researches using internet. Google or wiki may be helpful in researching on software piracy.