In a corporate setting or business, every computer must have its own set of original software and the appropriate number of manuals. ... When the Business Software Alliance (BSA) conducts a raid, Federal Marshals or local law enforcement officials participate also. ... The SPA also publishes brochures free of charge about the legal use of software for individuals and businesses. ... SPA has also compiled a free Self-Audit Kit with which organizations can examine their software use practices. ... The program searches PC hard disks for more than 1300 of the most common programs...

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The Software Publishers Association (SPA) indicated that approximately thirty-five percent of the business software in North America was obtained illegally. ... In a corporate setting or business, every computer must have its own set of original software and the appropriate number of manuals. ... For example, the information must be secret, not of public knowledge or of general knowledge in the trade or business. ... The SPA also publishes brochures (free of charge) about the legal use of software for individuals and businesses. ... The most commonly found type of software license in busin...

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For example, Microsoft's Anti-Piracy Business Desk is a program designed to assist resellers who believe that they have lost a significant amount of business as a result of competitors selling counterfeit software. ... Worldwide Piracy In 2001, the Business Software Alliance commissioned a study on worldwide business piracy. ... In the United States, 24 percent of all business software is unlicensed (BSA). The Business Software Alliance has estimated that industries in the United States lost more than $2.6 billion in revenue due to software theft in 2000 (BSA). ...

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(Parker 12) Although computers are a fairly recent development in regards to home use there has been a surge of them for entertainment in the last two decades. ... This is basically an electronic version of the real life Pyramid Scheme stating that one can make a lot of money from their home computer. There is also "The Risk-Free- fraud and this boasts low-risk investment opportunities such as wireless cable projects. ...

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Douglas Gentile, "Pathological Video Game Use among Youth 8 to 18: A National Study," CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background of the study The youth of today no longer seem to spend their leisure activities like in the olden days; outdoor games or playing with toys, instead, they spend their free time in their homes, internet cafés or computer shops simply to satisfy their hunger; and that hunger is Online Gaming. ... The importance of computers can not be denied in the corporate or business world, at the work place and even in one's personal life. ...

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That's what experts are advising hospitals do to get through the Y2K rollover as risk-free as possible- (p. 1). ... Strategic business plans of medical facilities. ... The National Center for Policy Analysis (1998) stated that "Experts contend that the nation's 6,000 hospitals, 50,000 nursing homes and 700,000 doctors all need to locate and repair billions of lines of faulty computer code- (p. 1). ...

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Computing machines can be dated back to the advent of the abacus, a wooden rack holding two horizontal wires with beads strung across them. Several different types of arithmetic operations could be performed when these beads were manipulated. Another early calculator, later called Napier's Bones, ...

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