After reading this blog, we know that Malaysian government has recognised a two-way approach - Enforcement (Ops Tulen) and Education (Sikap Tulen) to reduce the percentages of the software piracy in Malaysia.
Enforcement is continuous raiding companies that use illegal software as well as the illegal vendors selling the pirated software.
Education is to educate the relevant groups, such as professionals, companies, public and IT malls, on the important of respecting Intellectual Property and stay away from pirated software.
As we know, software piracy is the unauthorized copying or distribution of copyrighted software. This can be done by copying, downloading, sharing, selling, or installing multiple copies onto personal or work computers.
Piracy is Illegal and Punishable by Law!!!
Those who found guilty would be fined between RM 2000 and RM 20,000 for each infringing copy of software or sentenced up to 5 years jail or both.
Businesses are Hurted by Software Piracy!!!
For every illegal installation of software, it robs the money of the software company that they used to pay their employees, funding research and development, programming new software, and etc.
According to the BSA, Thirty-five percent of the packaged software installed on personal computers (PC) worldwide in 2005 was illegal, amounting to $34 billion in global losses due to software piracy.
Business Software Alliance (BSA)
BSA ia a global organization formed to advance free and open world transfer for legitimate software by advocating strong intellectual property protection. The BSA represents leading software and e-commerce developers in 65 countries. For more information about the BSA or to report software piracy, visit the BSA Web site at http://www.bsa.org/.
Software piracy hurts everyone because it :
- Reduces the funding for ongoing development efforts
- Reduces job opportunities
- Allows for unauthorized copies of our software that may contain bugs and viruses to be used in the field
- Prevents users from getting high-quality technical support and product updates
How Software Piracy can be Recognized?
- Missing items - shrink wrap, books, CDs, documentation, packaging.
- Outdated versions - make sure you know what is current on the market.
- Unpainted CDs - if your CD is silver, unpainted, and has a serial number written on it with a permanent marker, it is an illegal copy.
- Serial Numbers - if the package arrives with the serial number of hand-written, that should be a warning flag.
What is Permitted through the License?
- You may install the software on more than one of your personal computers provided that the software is not used on more than one computer at a time.
- You may make one back-up copy of the software for your own personal use. This must never be used, duplicated, distributed, or installed on any computer other than your own personal computer.
As a conclusion, the public should aware of the impacts of piracy and support the government with action. To reduce the activities of piracy, Malaysia government should enforce the law. Besides, the anti-piracy campaign should be organized regularly to remind public about the serious problems caused by piracy.
Reference :
http://www.mathworks.com/company/aboutus/policies_statements/piracy.html#preventing
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