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Copy rights
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Software Privacy
The act of copyrights and intellectual property is illegal. The practice is common on some countries but in Europe and United States, it is illegal and punish by law. Software privacy or copyright is the act of copying, sharing, downloading a music or software and use without paying for the software. Though the practices can exposure the computer system to many risk, it is being practiced by many people and therefore, it has direct impact to the owner of the software or music and the society.
The practice denies the owner of the software or music some financial gain. Since most of software are developed for the purpose of profit making, and when it is shared free it deny the software or music owner the financial gain. IT is therefore, important to state that it affects the application or music owner financially. The use of online privacy and the violence of intellectual copyright also affect the society in general. The government loses revenue, which it was supposed to gain from the sale of software or music. In business when a customer purchase a product, the owner of the business gains and the government and the general society. The practice affects the employment rate and economic status of the country as well. Instead of increased jobs and GDP based on the revenue collection failure to make payment affect the growth of the economy.
Sharing of music or software is a practice which is common around the world but illegal in many countries especially in the Western nations. It is therefore, essential for the governments to protect the industry exploitation and promote artists and developers. Through partnership with other countries where the practice is common, the act can be brought to an end. IT is the best technique the government and other interested party can apply in the industry to curb the practice. This will benefit the developers and artists the society and the government. It is therefore, an action of great importance.
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