| Sumario: | The article focuses on software piracy. The Washington D.C.-based Business Software Alliance (BSA), composed of software companies such as Microsoft Corp., Adobe, Apple Computer Inc., Autodesk Inc., and Bentley Systems, considers anyone who makes illegal copies of commercial applications a pirate. Across all industries, about a quarter of the commercial software in the U.S. is being used illegally, representing approximately $2.6 billion in lost revenues for software companies, according to the BSA. Fines can range up to$ 150,000 for each copyright infringement, in addition to charges of two to three times the standard price for any software a violator must purchase so that the number of licenses they own is equal to the number of people using the software.
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