The issue of
pirated software is one that the software industry fights on a daily basis. The
major centers of software piracy are in places like Russia and China where
salaries and disposable income are comparatively low. Given that people in
developing and economically depressed countries will fall behind the
industrialized world technologically if they can’t afford access to new
generations of software, is it reasonable to blame someone for using pirated
software when it costs two months salary to buy a legal copy of MS Office? If
you answered no, specify at what income level it’s okay to make or buy illegal
copies of software. What approach could software companies use to combat the
problem apart from punitive measure, like pressuring the government to impose
sanctions on transgressors?
Yes it is
reasonable, I don’t believe it’s right for people in developing and
economically depressed countries to pirate software, because it is illegal. It is not fair to the people who are actually
paying for it. One approach I think software companies could make would be to
make software they could charge a price that is within their budget so they can
afford it. An approach I think the government could take would be to put a
software privacy on the software made in the United States.
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