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The infringement of software, or software piracy, is illegal in many countries. Drilling down into the data reveals some interesting observations. The mechanisms for protecting intellectual property, common in the united states, such as s, patents, and software licensing, are rarely acknowledged or fully understood in other parts of the world. Tech giants new facebook ads put a bounty on software pirates heads. Software piracy audits conducted by the bsa and the siia threaten small and medium sized businesses. Piracy of music, software and movies is rampant these days, and there is just no one surefire way to put an end to it.
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