The PC industry is over twenty years old. In those twenty years, evolving software technology brings us faster, more sophisticated, versatile and easy-to-use products.
Business software allows companies to save time, effort and money. Educational computer programs teach basic skills and complicated subjects. Home software now
includes a wide variety of programs that enhance the users productivity and creativity.
The industry is thriving and users stand to benefit along with the publishers. The SPA (Software Publishers Association) reports that the problem of software theft has grown,
and threatens to prevent the development of new software products. Unauthorized duplication of software is known as software piracy which is a 'Federal offense that
affects everyone" ('Software Use...' Internet). The following research examines software piracy in its various forms, its impact on the end user and the international industry as a whole, and the progress that has been made in alleviating the problem.
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