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Counterfeit Software Is Counterproductive

Published by: Yankee Group

Published: Jan. 22, 2007 - 12 Pages


Table of Contents


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

Abstract

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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