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Types of Software Piracy

The document outlines various types of software piracy, including softlifting, hard disk loading, counterfeiting, client-server overuse, and online piracy. Softlifting involves multiple users accessing software owned by one legal owner, while hard disk loading occurs in PC resell shops where software is illegally copied onto multiple computers. Online piracy refers to the illegal acquisition and distribution of software through the internet, often via peer-to-peer file-sharing systems, and is recognized as a significant global issue.

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Types of Software Piracy

The document outlines various types of software piracy, including softlifting, hard disk loading, counterfeiting, client-server overuse, and online piracy. Softlifting involves multiple users accessing software owned by one legal owner, while hard disk loading occurs in PC resell shops where software is illegally copied onto multiple computers. Online piracy refers to the illegal acquisition and distribution of software through the internet, often via peer-to-peer file-sharing systems, and is recognized as a significant global issue.

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T Y P E S O F

SOFTWARE PIRACY

SOFTLIFTING
Softlifting is the most common type of
software piracy. In this piracy, the legal
owner of the software is one, but the
users are multiple.

HARD DISK LOADING


It is the most common type of software piracy
which mainly happens in PC resell shops. The
shop owner buys a legal copy of the software
and reproduces its copies on multiple
computers by installing it. Most of the me
customers or the PC users are not aware of
these things and get the pirated version of the
software in the original S/W price or less
than the original price. It is one of
Commercial software piracy.

COUNTERFEITING
In counterfeiting the duplicates are created
of genuine or legal software programs with
the appearance of authenticity. Then these
duplicate software are sold out at a lower
price.

CLIENT SERVER OVERUSE


In client-server overuse, more copies of the software
are installed than it has licensed for. Mainly it is
seen in local business sectors when they work under a
local area n/w and install the software in all the
computers for use by many employees which is an
unauthorized practice.

ONLINE PIRACY
Software Piracy
is the illegal approach of copying,
In online piracy, the illegal distributing, modifying, selling, or
software is acquired from online using software that is legally
auction sites blogs which is mainly
achieved through the P2P (Peer to
protected. So in a simple term, we
Peer) file-sharing system. As it is can say Software piracy is the act of
acquired using the Internet, often stealing legal software. This software
it is piracy refers to the unauthorized
called Internet Piracy. copy and use of legal software and
now this critical problem has turned
into a global issue.

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