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Against
Piracy
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AvailaSoft actively protects its patents, copyrights, trademarks
and other intellectual property rights worldwide. Software
piracy is a serious crime. AvailaSoft Corporation is committed
to educating its existing and potential customers about software
piracy.
An offender of software piracy can be subject to arrest and
criminal prosecution, with fines up to US$250,000 and imprisonment
of up to five years. Many US and overseas companies, organizations
and individual do not know that they may be using illegal
software.
According to Business Software Alliance, the software industry
loses nearly US$12 billion annually from software piracy.
Roughly more than one in every three applications is used
illegally.
Penalties
of Software Piracy
Committing software piracy, an individual can be subject
to arrest and criminal prosecution, with fines up to US$250,000
and prison terms of up to five years. In civil cases, AvailaSoft
Corporation has the rights to obtain its lost profits plus
offenders' profits, or statutory damages of up to US$150,000
per product as well as its attorneys' fees.
Examples
of Software Piracy
Making additional copies of the software without getting
proper number of licenses.
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Counterfeiting
AvailaSoft's products and packaging. |
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Providing
the software for downloads without getting the corresponding
vendor's consent. |
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Using
subscription-licensed software past the expiration date.
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Installing
the software on a server with unrestricted staff access
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Using
the software that being offered had previously been used
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How to report a Suspected
Case of Software Piracy?
You are encouraged by US Government to report any suspected
cases that a company, organization or individual may be using
software illegally.
You can also report any suspected cases of software piracy regarding
our products to AvailaSoft Corporation by Email to :
contact29@availasoft.com
. Special reward will be offered and information of all reports
will be kept confidentially.
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