Counterfeit Software Is Counterproductive
Yankee Group
January 22, 2007 12 Pages - SKU: YANL1429891
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If there is one issue upon which all software vendors are in total accord—and it may be the only issue—it is the damage wrought by consumers and corporations that knowingly or unwittingly use counterfeit software.
The headlines invariably and almost exclusively focus on the issue of counterfeit software from the vendors’ perspective: legitimate revenue lost because of illegal software. Stories also abound of lurid punishments that range from true-up costs, fines and even criminal prosecution and jail time that potentially await end-user perpetrators when and if they get caught.
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- I. Pirated Software Fraught with Risk
- BSA Goes Global with Anti-Piracy, Cybercrime Initiatives
- The Rights of Software Vendors
- II. Data/Analysis
- Specific Vendor Initiatives
- Genuine Software Initiative Evolves
- Windows Genuine Advantage and Office Genuine Advantage
- Don’t Be Fooled
- The Piracy Problem by Geographic Region
- Unwitting Dupes
- III. Conclusions and Recommendations
- Recommendations
- IV. Further Reading
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