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Software Copyrights

Software Licensing and Pirating, worldwide illegal copying of domestic and international software cost $12.5 billion to the software industry, with a loss of $2 million in the United States alone, 40% of us software company revenues are generated overseas, yet nearly 85% of the 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 software manufacturer.......

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