1. Software Piracy & Intellectual Property Rights
... whole new category of intellectual property, especially computer software. A major commercial program can take a team of one hundred or more highly skilled and highly paid programmers years to create and sell for hundreds of dollars per copy. The fundamental problem with intellectual property as an ethical category is that it is purely individualistic. Meaning that it focuses on the creator/developer ... options. ii) These untested, counterfeit discs may be infected with viruses that will damage your hard drive and may cripple your entire network. iii) If they copy software at work, user...
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