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Software Licensing

In 1993 worldwide illegal copying of domestic and international software cost $12.5
billion to the software industry, with a loss of $2.2 billion in the United States
alone. Estimates show that over 40 percent of U.S. software company revenues are
generated overseas, yet nearly 85 percent of the software industry's piracy losses
occurred outside of the United States borders. The Software Publishers Association
indicated that approximately 35 percent of the business software in the United States
was obtained illegally, which 30 percent of the piracy occurs in corporate settings.
In a corporate setting or business, every computer must have its own set of original
software and the appropriate number of manuals. It is illegal for a corporation or
business to purchase a single set of original software and then load that software onto
more than one computer, or lend, copy or distribute software for any reason without the
prior written consent of the......


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