billion to the software industry, with a loss of $2.2 billion in the United States

alone. Estimates show that over 40 percent of U.S. software company revenues are

generated overseas, yet nearly 85 percent of the software industry's piracy losses

occurred outside of the United States borders. The Software Publishers Association

indicated that approximately 35 percent of the business software in the United States

was obtained illegally, which 30 percent of the piracy occurs in corporate settings.

In a corporate setting or business, every computer must have its own set of original

software and the appropriate number of manuals. It is illegal for a corporation or

business to purchase a single set of original software and then load that software onto

more than one computer, or lend, copy or distribute software for any reason without the

prior written consent of the software manufacturer. Many software managers are

concerned with the legal compliance, along with asset management and costs at their

organizations. Many firms involve their legal departments and human resources in

regards to software distribution and licensing.

Trade secret, copyright and patent law are Astatic@ forms of protection in the

without the express written permission of the copyright holder. An amendment to Title

when Altai a software developer was accused of copying various modules of a software

URL:"http://www.viman.com/license/license.html#policy", Viman Software, Inc.,

lower federal courts have also determined that microcode (the instructions set on

increasing every day. They range from graphical user interfaces for application

that are released by authors for the potential benefit to others, but the drawback to

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