What are the Common Forms of Software Piracy?
What are the Common Forms of Software Piracy?
Since we are exploring your organisation's 'corporate' risk, we will ignore commercial counterfeiting activities and other piracy that occurs outside of the corporate setting.
In the workplace, employees often share software with each other without going through proper channels to obtain licensed copies. Or they sometimes bring personal copies from home to work and load them onto their computers. These acts of piracy are often done with little or no forethought about anything other than the need to accomplish their work on schedule. Employees look for the most convenient way of getting things done. They also sometimes download unlicensed software from the Internet. All of these forms of piracy can put your organization at risk.
Other acts of piracy can take place within an organization when the company expands or changes personnel. The licensing details can be forgotten or overlooked during times of change leading to negligent and illegal copying and installs. Additionally (and especially in times of economic downturn) organisations might engage in deliberate cost cutting practices that lead to unlicensed use of software.
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