Adverse Effects of Piracy
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Adverse Effects of Piracy
According to a 2000 study, the U.S. software industry lost more than $2.6 billion to software piracy in 2000. This loss has a significant impact on the U.S. economy. Furthermore, it has been estimated that software piracy cost the U.S. economy over 109,000 jobs, $5.6 billion in lost wages and more than $1.5 billion in tax revenue in the year 2000. Software piracy is not an issue to be taken lightly. The US government has …
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…aid the user. This software should not be used as an illegal means of profit making. Officials need to understand exactly how software pirates work and the means they use to get their illegal software on the market. There is an obvious problem at hand and piracy is severely affecting our nation. We need to ban together and makes sure that we do not endorse nor aid in the making or distribution of software piracy.
…aid the user. This software should not be used as an illegal means of profit making. Officials need to understand exactly how software pirates work and the means they use to get their illegal software on the market. There is an obvious problem at hand and piracy is severely affecting our nation. We need to ban together and makes sure that we do not endorse nor aid in the making or distribution of software piracy.
