SWPiracy

=**2.2.1 Software Fundamentals - Software Piracy**=

**RESEARCH**
1. Describe the software piracy laws in your country. 2. Describe the penalty for breaking these laws in your country. 3. Gather statistics on software piracy (in your country) as it applies to: (a) businesses using software, (b) home users, (c) software retailers selling software
 * LOCAL**

Link to Bangladesh Resources

1. Describe the software piracy laws in one other country. 2. Describe the penalty for breaking these laws in this country. 3. Gather statistics on software piracy (in this country) as it applies to: (a) businesses using software, (b) home users, (c) software retailers selling software
 * GLOBAL**

Compare and contrast the laws between the two countries.
 * COMPARISON**

Discuss **three** social and/or ethical issues involved in software piracy local and global. (Use the handout on discussing and weighing up).
 * DISCUSSION**

Use of correct terminology Consideration of all stakeholders Evidence of well substantiated arguments with relevant examples A final weighing up A formal bibliography For help with discussion see the [|"How to Discuss and Weigh up an Issue"] information on our Protopage
 * CRITERIA FOR MARKING**

Who are the stakeholders in software piracy? How does software piracy occur? Why do we have copyright laws? Who is responsible if software piracy occurs in a business? Why are copyright laws broken? Why are there different copyright laws in different countries? Why do some governments/organisations 'turn a blind eye' to software piracy? Is it OK to pirate at home but not in a business? Why do some people think this is OK? Should different rules apply to different countries?
 * LEADING QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU GET STARTED**

Business Software Alliance, **http://www.bsa.org/** Business Software Alliance, ‘Anti-piracy information’, **http://www.bsa.org/usa/antipiracy/** FOLDOC: Free on-line dictionary of computing, **http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/** Webopedia, **http://www.webopedia.com/** Whatis?com, [|http://whatis.techtarget.com**/**]
 * REFERENCES**

Note: This information has been adapted from [|**http://www.stpeters.sa.edu.au/ITGS/**]