Incremental Algorithm to detect software Piracy
By
HOSSEN, NAJMUL
13-23860-1
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY(C)
¬¬¬Statement of purpose
Now-a-days software is being distributed illegally and most of the people use this pirated software. As this is free to use people are not concern about the quality. The people who pirates the software they cannot buy the software but they just put their names after cracking the software for fame. No update is available for any pirated software. Sometimes fake pirated software can harm people stealing information or spreading viruses.
Firstly, I was not concerned about the pirated software when I started using computer first. I searched for full version software and got the cracked software. Downloading this software, I started using that software. Suddenly, one day I saw a news on an online newspaper that cracked software may contain virus and may hijack information from anywhere using the internet. After reviewing that news, I started to search for software piracy over the internet and saw so many articles over there.
I noticed some statistics that most of the people use pirated software, windows etc. A research says that around 50 percent people of the world use pirated software. This is a huge number and it is a matter of concern. If persons who work in government sector, defense or any important position in any organization use pirated software, all the internal news, information may be transferred to their opposition and it may
Most of the software that is used today is purchased as a one-site license. This means that only one computer can have that software installed on in at a time. Copying or sharing this information without the use of multiple licences is seen as Software Piracy. There are many ways of preventing software piracy. Software piracy does not only affect one individual but also can affect a large group or company. Some of the effects of software piracy are; it reduces the funding for ongoing development efforts, it can limit the amount of jobs opportunities that are available to people, it also allows for other unauthorised copies of software that may contain bugs or viruses and lastly it prevents the user form getting any high quality technical support and product updates. There are too main factors/ways that can help to prevent software piracy. One way is hiding the users IP address therefor any traces of you being seen on that website are lost and therefor you cannot be hacked. You can also download software which will set up firewalls in order to prevent the user form getting hacked or getting a
In this day and age, it's not just physical things being stolen: basically everything that can be digitally distributed can be cracked by some tech guy and uploaded onto one of the thousands of illegal websites. No matter how many countermeasures the creators set up, there will always be somebody who will be up to the challenge of busting through them. and there are no reppercussions to these blatent thefts unless a pirate is dumb enough to admit his crimes on the internet.
Unlicensed software use continued to be a major problem in 2013. Indeed, 43 percent of the software installed on PCs around the world was not properly licensed, an uptick from 42 percent in 2011. The commercial value of the unlicensed installations was $62.7 billion. (The Compliance Gap, 2014). As we can see piracy of software and other digital media is a global problem that adversely affects many businesses and the welfare of employees and consumers.
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