Intellectual property.

Intellectual Property In 1996 worldwide illegal copying of domestic and international software cost $15.2 billion to the software industry, with a loss of $5.1 billion in the North America alone. Sources estimated current total losses from software crime are as high as $4.7 trillion. The Software Publishers Association indicated that approximately 35 percent of the software business in the North America was obtained illegally. In fact, 30 percent of the piracy that occurred was in the corporate settings. The fact is …

…should primarily focus on which property or ideas are most important to keeping the industry competitive. One thing is for sure something has to be done to protect intellectual property, even in the ever changing world today. Bibliography "SPA Anti-Piracy Backgrounder." Software Publishers Association, 1995. <http://www.spa.org/piracy/pi_back.htm>. "Software Piracy." Business Software Alliance 1997. <http://www.bsa.org/privacy/privacy.html>. Martin, Glen. "Internet Indian Wars" Wired 3.12 (1995): 124-131.