General Piracy Information

My Opinion:

The Statistics

  • 1997 Global Piracy Report (pdf file)
  • 1994-1996 Global Software Piracy Report

    • The Law

  • The Copyright Act of 1976
  • The Berne Convention on Copyright
  • The Digital Millenium Copyright Bill
  • Software Use and the Law (SPA)

    • FAQ's

  • Questions & Answers about software piracy (SPA)
  • Explaination of Commercial, Shareware, Freeware & Public Domain Software

    • Myth VS Fact

  • The SPA's Policy Statement on the 24-hour Rule and Abandonware.

    • Software Piracy Articles

  • Tech Web: Pirates Claim They're Just Testing Software
  • Technology News:Software Groups Step Up Piracy Efforts
  • EE Times: Copyright Fight Rocks Net
  • Computer Reseller News: NO ELECTRONIC THEFT:Aims to prevent $2.3B in U.S. losses -- Industry Bigwigs Back Anti-Piracy Bill
  • GameSpot: Calling All Pirates Is Argentina the new mecca for pirates?
  • The Effects of Piracy
  • USA today: Computer Software Piracy Flourishes
  • Property Rights, Piracy, etc. Does Information "Want to be Free"?
  • Software Piracy: What you should know
  • Combating Software Piracy
  • Software Piracy and the Law
  • Ethical issues in hacking, phreaking, and piracy
  • ZDNN: Internet 'Virtual' Piracy on the Rise
  • CNet: ISPs recruited in piracy war
  • COLLEGE STUDENTS BELIEVE PIRACY IS ACCEPTABLE

    • Anti-Piracy Organizations

  • The Software Publishers Association (SPA) One of the main Anti-Piracy Organizations
  • The Business Software Alliance (BSA) The other main Anti-Piracy Organization
  • The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) The main opponent to Music Piracy
  • The Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA) The main opponent to emulation piracy
  • GrayZone is a professional consulting firm that provides investigative, paralegal and research services to members of the entertainment community.
  • D.W. Draz Agency - Piracy Investigations

    • Anti-Piracy Sites

  • BSA No Piracy Site
  • Spa Anti-Piracy Home Page
  • The Anti-MP3 Piracy page by the RIAA
  • The Pirate Watch "Op-Center"
  • Microsoft Protection Against Software Piracy
  • The Copyright Compliance Connection

    • Research/Polls

  • Survey: Opinions about Software Piracy, by Northern Iowa University
  • COLLEGE STUDENTS BELIEVE PIRACY IS ACCEPTABLE
  • Worldwide Piracy Initiative
  • Piracy...lets be honest!! Contains a completed Poll

    • Definitions

  • The SPA's Copyright Glossary
  • Software Piracy
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    Last Updated 16 Nov. 1998
    All information believed to be accurate, but not guaranteed
    © 1998, Brian A. Cole. All Rights Reserved.
    brian.cole@m.cc.utah.edu