ishers encourage users to give copies of programs to friends and colleagues but asks everyone who uses a program regularly to pay a registration fee to the program's author directly. In addition, many sites offer Freeware, software available to download free of charge. Products such as Freeware and Shareware offer a deterrent to but do not really stop software piracy. According to these groups, the greater social benefit results from the free distribution of software.In order to put an end to software piracy there are many companies, government, and law enforcement agencies working hand in hand. Many search engines are playing their part as well, by excluding terms such as “warez” from their search results. Internet server involvement is also instrumental in the stopping of these types of crimes, by intercepting downloads from these illegal sites servers can obtain information to shut down these sites as well as deter end users from attempting further downloads. Most software producers include anti-piracy components in their software, unfortunately the pirates have the ability to break through them as well so constant upgrades in anti-piracy technology is necessary. Most software now requires some sort of registration, which may discourage pirates. There are also 1-800 numbers as well as online sites to report software piracy to help inform as well as strengthen the cases against individuals as well as organizations.To put an end to software piracy entirely would be a huge task, but to deter it greatly stricter U.S. Copyright laws need implementation. The lawmakers have addressed piracy by approving H.R. 2281, copyright legislation that will implement the WIPO Copyright Treaties. The WIPO Treaties will standardize international copyright laws and give software publishers the tools necessary to combat piracy; this is critical because not all international copyright laws specifically protect creative materials on t...
