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An Investigation of package buccaneering in chinaware - Software plagiarisation Lacks Ethical MeritWell, sir, from the phone of it, youve got yourself some pirated software system package. Im afraid theres nothing we can do to help you. 1. BSA Statistics 301. IntroductionSoftware piracy is a rampant global hassle, consort to the Seventh Annual Global Software Piracy Study by the Business Software Alliance. The rate of software piracy varies significantly crossways the world, though no country is without it. Vietnam was rated the largest trouble spot in 2001 with a whopping 94% piracy rate, with China and Indonesia not very outlying(prenominal) behind (at 92% and 88% respectively). During the early days of personal computing, software piracy was a small problem primarily limited to individuals occupation figurer games for personal use. Today, software piracy is no longer solo the domain of teenagers looking to get games for free even legitimate organizations routinel y use pirated software.In the following sections, this discussion will meander from identifying the problem of software piracy, what exactly software piracy means, the obstacles of enforcing copyright laws, the impact of software piracy and an analysis from different ethical vantage points.1.1. The ProblemSoftware piracy is the black duplication, distribution or use of software by means of one of the following methods Soft-liftinginstalling software onto more than one computer without proper licensing Counterfeiting Hard disk loadingselling computers that are preloaded with illegal copies of software Rental OEM unbundlingselling software that is legally sold nevertheless when bundled with another package The Internet The main methods by which this activity is carried ... ...andard for China as well as the rest of the world. References 1 http//www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.billofrights.html 2 http//www.siia.net/piracy/copyright/risk.asp 3 http//www.most.gov. cn/English/Polocys/copyright_law.htm 4 http//global.bsa.org/usa/ vex/newsreleases/2003-05-01.1575.phtml 5 http//www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/agrm7_e.htm 6 http//www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/09/26/piracy_unlimited/index1.html 7 http//www.wipo.org/edocs/notdocs/en/berne/treaty_berne_186.html 8 http//www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2003/tc20030210_2338_tc058.htm 9 http//www1.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-10/02/content_269098.htm 10 Seventh Annual BSA Global Software Piracy Study, www.bsa.org/usa/policyres/admin/2002-06-10.130.pdf Appendix 1. BSA Statistics www.bsa.org/usa/policyres/admin/2002-06-10.130.pdf