Throughout the United States consumers and business may be involved in illegal and unethical practices and not even know it. But what they don't know can cost them big bucks and a lot of embarrassment.
Software piracy comes in many shapes and forms, which can find their way into the workplace.
Below are brief descriptions of the most common types of software piracy and what you can do to keep them from affecting you. Counterfeiting Counterfeiting is the illegal duplication and sale of copyrighted material with the intent of directly imitating the copyrighted product. In the case of packaged software, it can include packaging, documentation, labels, registration and security precautions. Carefully check the authenticity of any product you acquire, by purchasing from reputable software dealers only and by checking the Certificate of Authenticity and other documentation at the time of purchase. By using one disk to install a program on multiple computers.