Global Trajectories, Dynamics, and Tendencies of Business Software Piracy: Benchmarking IPRs Harmonization

increasing global software piracy rates

oftware piracy is a worldwide phenomenon. In 2001, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) [1] found there are no nations with less than a 20% piracy rate, and two that exceeded 90% (see Figure 1). It is estimated that in 2001 software manufacturers lost $10.97 billion globally as a result of software piracy [1]. Furthermore, in most regions of the world, piracy increased by 37% in 2000 and by 40%...

langauge needs analysis of undergraduate business management and economics students

the aim of conducting this study was to investigate the foreign language learning needs of undergraduate economics students and business management students in faculties of social sciences of alzahra and azad naragh university. in the study, which was designed on the basis of a qualitative-quantitative basis using interviews and questionnaires, 146 female undergraduate business management as we...

Software Piracy Forensics: Impact and Implications of Postâ•’Piracy Modifications

Piracy is potentially possible at any stage of the lifetime of the software. In a post-piracy situation, however, the growth of the respective versions of the software (both the original and pirated) is expected to be in different directions as a result of expectedly different implementation strategies. This paper shows how such post-piracy modifications are of special interest to a cyber crime...

Determinants of Worldwide Software Piracy

Software piracy or ‘softlifting’, the unauthorized use or illegal copying of computer software seems to be a persistent and truly global phenomenon, in spite of international efforts to reduce it. Could the battle against it be won by just merely accepting international standards for the protection of intellectual property rights? The answer to this question is the main focus of this research. ...

Legal Obstacles to Business Tendencies