tion 117)” (Software 1).
The United States currently enjoys the lowest level of software theft worldwide, but it equates to the highest economic figure from those losses because of the enormous size of the U.S. software market. However, the phenomenal loss of revenue attributable to software piracy worldwide is staggering. Like videotape piracy it is most often difficult to control in foreign countries, particular China, Japan, and Europe. Many people view the theft of software through the discussed and other means as a victimless crime or one in where everyone wins because everyone gets the software they need for less money or no money. However, billions of dollars in revenues and hundreds of thousands of jobs are lost as a direct result of software theft, not to mention the fact that firms losing out on license agreement revenues or regular purchases of software have less revenues available for the development of new software programs. U.S. copy
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