By: Michael Wilkerson

The Business Software Alliance estimated that the value of pirated software was around $51.4 billion in People in favor of more regulation argue that this is cutting into their profits. People not in favor justify it because it doesn’t take away from the original copy. The Problem internet-has-damaged-gaming- forever/internet-piracy/

Profit is lost from distributers and publishers when people take pirated product and sell it to others for a profit. It is currently defined as illegal. More Regulation l/2011/09/fbi-antipiracy-logo/

Expensive and hard to regulate. Other countries are a lot more lax when it comes to copyright infringement. Less Regulation piracy-is-not-theft/

Software owners still want to distribute and get recognition for their product. Consumers still want quality products. Common Ground emyawards/about/awards/oscar.ht ml

Educate people on free alternatives Have community self regulate itself Lower prices Mediation

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