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unusual facts about software piracy



History of computer hardware in Yugoslavia

Due to lack of regulation software piracy was common and pirated software for sale was freely advertised in popular computer magazines of the time, such as Računari, Svet kompjutera, Moj Mikro and Revija za mikroračunala.

Viodentia

A number of prominent websites use DRM to ensure that media and other downloads are unable to be copied for software piracy or other improper purposes.


see also

FOSSAP

Cambodian deputy prime minister Sok An, in a speech delivered on his behalf, argued that Free and Open Source Software could help a country like Cambodia to have a "lot of savings in license fees", make software readily available locally and reduce usage costs drastically, eliminate software piracy, and enable Cambodian students to closely study the software code and "understand its behaviour".