ough there are many more methods of piracy, these six are the of the most evident and can be dealt with. If software piracy is a crime why do people do it? Well there are many reasons why individuals commit software piracy. On the whole many otherwise good citizens are not aware of the crime that they are committing. Weather it is just careless ignorance or the lack of awareness to the law these people are committing a crime and may not be aware of it. "I am motivated by the belief that some capitalist pig create the goods therein, and thus they should be free to the people." (Laberis) This interpretation is the most common especially among minors. As the quote suggests many believe that major software moguls such as Bill Gates (the owner and founder of Microsoft) already have more money than they need so it is alright to steal from them as 'they do not need the money' or they believe that their single actions can not hurt. For this many 'software pirates' do not believe that what they are doing is wrong. Another reason is for shear greed. Either they do not have the ability to pay for the software they use or they do not feel that they should. As was stated earlier minors are the most likely to commit software piracy. Many do so to the challenge the law and for rebellion as glorified with the rumours and stories of 'hackers.' On the technical side software piracy is relatively easy to commit. All one needs is a computer and some type of removable means of storage such as diskettes or CD-ROM's. It takes seconds to transfer data which takes care of the time problem. Also unlike the copying of audio of video cassettes there is not quality loss in the copied product. When an individual copies a piece of software they copy an exact duplicate of the software all the features that the copied software contains with absolutely no quality loss therefore making it an attractive means of both acquiring and distributing illegal softw...
