COMPUTER PIRACY

READING LOG #3


COMPUTER PIRACY

           Computer Piracy is when software gets copied without permission from the copyright holder. This may lead to disadvantages such as the file downloaded is not an original, the file may contain some viruses, the owner of the file won’t receive profit from his/her works and computer piracy is an illegal matter. Although there are many disadvantage in performing computer piracy their also advantage of it such as he/she can download any files that they want for free, and they can also sell it to earn money for their own goods. The effect of doing piracy is being a crime, this will let them suffer punish if they were caught. There are many way of piracy, duplicating the work, rewriting a piece and performing other’s work as own work. After researching about this article, I realized that even though pirated materials are convenient for people and now easily obtained, it doesn't change the fact that it is illegal. People don't realize that they are wasting the efforts of the creators by patronizing these pirated materials, thus stealing from them in a way.