Piracy
Upon looking further into piracy I came across two main documents. The first is produced by The Congressional International Anti Piracy Caucus, titled '2006 Country watch List'. Basically the countrys the US has their eyes on ( and proberly lobbying for a change of law) regarding piracy effecting the US.
The two main countrys focused on within the document, are China and russia. China seems to be in the news alot recently for piracy. Although they are costing the US millions due to piracy, China seems to be feeling the effects in house. The US seem to put everything down to the governments envolved weak action towards piracy but China makes more losses due to piracy, Is it down to weak action on the governments part?, well I think I would have to do more than just skim the surface to answer. The second link is an article on the problems technology companies face in china due to piracy.
FIRST LINK (2006 Country watch list).
SECOND LINK (article on chinas piracy problems).
The 2006 country watch list is a summery of all the countrys that effect the US in regards to priracy.
The main second document is a global study report into piracy (may 2006) for BSA and IDC global software.
SECOND MAIN LINK (global study report).
Really worth a read, recommended.
The report gives a global picture of the state of piracy. With some really illustrating graphs and a mass of figures with key observations and conclusions. Really I still recommend.
After looking back into piracy, not much seems to have changed, america is still mad at everyone else and blaming it on governments lack of action and the rising piracy in developing countries is nothing new. There does seem to be quite a drop in piracy in other countries including the uk since I last looked at the subject. The second document really illustrates this.
I'm a student so for me, although piracy is a problem and costs a lot of people profit, I'm an individual and as one in my opinion if software wasn't so expensive then maybe more people will buy software from the manufacturer. Software is so expensive and quite unrealistic for the individual, hardware seems to be getting cheaper, soon we will have the 100 pound computer, a half decent one!, but for me this is no good. The individual was named as the person of the year by TIME magazine, maybe its the individuals time, though this doesnot do well for piracy, privacy, security, and industry but its good for the individual.
The two main countrys focused on within the document, are China and russia. China seems to be in the news alot recently for piracy. Although they are costing the US millions due to piracy, China seems to be feeling the effects in house. The US seem to put everything down to the governments envolved weak action towards piracy but China makes more losses due to piracy, Is it down to weak action on the governments part?, well I think I would have to do more than just skim the surface to answer. The second link is an article on the problems technology companies face in china due to piracy.
FIRST LINK (2006 Country watch list).
SECOND LINK (article on chinas piracy problems).
The 2006 country watch list is a summery of all the countrys that effect the US in regards to priracy.
The main second document is a global study report into piracy (may 2006) for BSA and IDC global software.
SECOND MAIN LINK (global study report).
Really worth a read, recommended.
The report gives a global picture of the state of piracy. With some really illustrating graphs and a mass of figures with key observations and conclusions. Really I still recommend.
After looking back into piracy, not much seems to have changed, america is still mad at everyone else and blaming it on governments lack of action and the rising piracy in developing countries is nothing new. There does seem to be quite a drop in piracy in other countries including the uk since I last looked at the subject. The second document really illustrates this.
I'm a student so for me, although piracy is a problem and costs a lot of people profit, I'm an individual and as one in my opinion if software wasn't so expensive then maybe more people will buy software from the manufacturer. Software is so expensive and quite unrealistic for the individual, hardware seems to be getting cheaper, soon we will have the 100 pound computer, a half decent one!, but for me this is no good. The individual was named as the person of the year by TIME magazine, maybe its the individuals time, though this doesnot do well for piracy, privacy, security, and industry but its good for the individual.
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