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10064559 TI SUN
PIRACY METHOS
Licensed user duplication for unlicensed users Commercial reproduction Software Cracks/Key generator
Twelve of the defendants were members or leaders of an international organization of software pirates known as Pirates with Attitudes, an underground group that disseminates stolen copies of software, including programs that are not yet commercially available.
Access all over the world The first patent issued for a piece of software in 1983 acts of copyright infringement could be tried in court.
Commercial reproduction
Piracy case
Eleven individuals were convicted in a southern China court of participating in a sophisticated counterfeiting ring that enabled them to mass-produce and distribute pirated Microsoft software globally. The group reportedly operated like an international corporation that produced and sold CDs an DVD that were not only of high quality, but packaged nearly identically to real products despite the high level of anti-piracy security measures taken by Microsoft.
Utilitarian/Consequentialist Perspective
Stake holder: Software company
Piracy and copyright been violated Financial damage Stake holder: pirates Financial income Taking the risk of being put into prison
Long Term: may slow down the pace of designing new software?
Deontological Perspective
Define the issues
People participating in a counterfeiting ring that enabled them to massproduce and distribute pirated.
Software Cracks
+ORC
... Cracking it's not just about software, it's about information, about all patterns of life. To crack is to refuse to be controlled and used by others, to crack is to be free...
Software Cracks
What are cracks
The modification of software to remove or disable features which are considered undesirable by the person cracking the software, usually related to protection methods: copy protection, trial/demo version, serial number, hardware key, date checks, CD check or software annoyances like nag screens and adware.
Utilitarian/Consequentialist Perspective
Stake holder: Software company
Piracy and copyright been violated Financial damage
Short Term: Everyone can get software for free (means people who couldnt afford it have access to it now) Long Term: may slow down the pace of designing new software
DEONTOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
Define the issues
Crackers create cracks and distribute them on Internet People who use crack instead of purchasing software
Old times:
Until the Computer Software Copyright Act of 1980, software was not recognized as intellectual property, so there were no laws against theft or reproduction. Computer forensics was unheard of and most law enforcement agencies did not have computers. Organizations such as the SPA, CAAST, BSA were offered rewards for information leading to the arrest of a software pirate. There were over 10,000 active BBS in the United States alone, and law enforcement agencies only arrested a handful of BBS owners each year.
The average sentence in America for a convicted rapist is nine years, while the average time served is only five years. In many circumstances, a pirate receives a longer jail sentence than a convicted rapist. Law agencies are trying to make a point to the Internet community: do not be a pirate.
and improve its design through the availability of its source code.
Goal: fostering the development of software to be made freely available for others to copy ,use, modify , and then redistribute.
Our work is driven by a philosophy on software freedom that aims to spread and
Different attitudes towards copyright U.S & E.U exclusive property right Asia inclusive property right
2 Should we take consideration of culture differences refer to the software ethics? Relativism, pluralism?