HP engineers are working to update the CD-ROM for Windows 98 and are working on kits for BIOS upgrades that will help eliminate any compatibility issures that may be found. The hole lets a Web site fool IE 4.0 into thinking that it has accessed a site within a corporate intranet rather than one on the public Internet. This happens, however, only if the user has changed the browser's default settings to lower security within the intranet's security zone. A software license grants a person the legal right to use a piece of software. The person's use of a software product is governed by the terms of the license aggreement, as well as by copyright law, which states that it is illegal to make or distribute copyright material without specific authorization from the copyright owner.
Piracy accounts for substantial losses for the computer industry every year.
Prices, jobs, and development efforts are all effected by it. Although unknown to some, piracy is a crime, and many are working to slow down the criminal process.