Anti - Piracy Countermeasures Of Computer Software In China

With the development of software industry the form and means of software piracy have being changing frequently. Software piracy causes huge losses for software manufacturers every year, therefore the government and academia pay high attention to this problem. In recent years, in order to combat software piracy the legislature in our country has amended relative code, and the judicial department and executives have devoted a great deal of manpower and material recourses to fight against the pirate. The measure raised the cost of pirate and had a positive effect on rejecting software piracy. However software piracy is still a serious problem, which blocked the development of our software industry. Thanks to the existence of pirate the new product of Microsoft popularized rapidly in China. Consequently they take possession of market in advance and strengthen the monopolization. On the contrary, the software enterprises are confronted with danger of being driven out of market. The key to combating software piracy is the eliminating the subsistence of pirate. Only by making a reasonable price for software can lessen pirate software market and even let it disappear finally. To develop our country's software industry, break the monopoly of MNC, like Microsoft, and construct the environment of fair competition can make the price of software go in reason. So that consumers will purchase the orthodox software and the demand for pirate will vanish.The problem of software pirate is discussed in detail by using the method of multi-angle analysis in this paper.Firstly, the relationship between pirate and the development and style of computer software is discussed in summary. Several typical forms of software pirates are generalized as well. Secondly, the causes of software pirate inundation are analyzed from the angles including product features, economy, law and cultural consciousness. The harm and harmful effect on each aspect are also analyzed.Lastly, the measures of preventing software pirate at present are generalized from the angle of technology and law aspect, and some countermeasures and advices on how to prevent software pirate are brought forward.Discussion about the problem of software pirate has been a hot topic for quite a long time. This paper aims at drawing readers'attention to this problem by analyzing it from different aspects, which as the writer wishes can help solve the problem as soon as possible.