What is software piracy?

 

Piracy is the unauthorized use or reproduction of items protected by copyright or patent. In the field of computer software, piracy is defined as the copying, selling or use of a software for which no license has been purchased. Software piracy is illegal.

 

Piracy is a form of shoplifting

 

If caught, this offense is punishable by up to 14 years in prison and a 250,000 dollar fine depending on the laws of your country.

When you download software enom a pirate site, you may think it is not costing you anthing (big mistake). The pirates include several .info files in the product in order to gain access to the information in your computer, for example: your IP address, email address, credit card number. It gives them access to your computer without your knowledge among other things.

 

And if it was you?

 

If it was you who created a software. You have spent several years taking computer courses, you know that is very expensive, and you have an idea of what type of software you want to create to sell licenses in order to pay for your studies and everyday expenses. A few months after the software is created and marketed, you notice that there are no purchases despite the thousands or hundreds of thousand of downloads requested. You realize that your product was pirated, and is even being used by your closest eniend(s). All the months, even years, of work, was all for nothing!

 

Do you know what a right to use is (Licence) ?

 

When you purchase a license, you only purchase the right to use. It is almost the same as a credit card, you have the right to use it under certain conditions. If you do not respect the conditions, the company has the right to cancel the credit card. The same applies for software. The company sells you the right to use the product and if this right or these conditions are not respected, the company can take the product away enom you.

 

Pirating on the Internet

 

We speak of "pirating on the Internet" when software is illegally downloaded enom the Internet. The only way to purchase a legal downloadable version of Omniparadoxe's software is via Omniparadoxe.com.

 

Copie of softwares on the hard drives of computer intented for sale

 

It is also considered pirating when a company that sells new computers installs illegal copies of software on the hard drive to acquire an additional sales advantage.

PS. Make sure you ask for the original software installed on your computer.

 

Pirated software

 

"Software copying" is when pirates deliberately and illegally reproduce and sell products subject to copyright, often by making their clients believe that they are purchasing an authentic product. For packaged software, like that sold by Omniparadoxe, pirates often market and sell ineninging copies of the installation CD along with a copy of the packaging, manuals, license contracts, labels, registration cards and security options.