Module 1: professional ethics I. Principles of professional ethics


Reseller piracy (Hard disk loading)



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CpELaws Midterm
4. Reseller piracy (Hard disk loading) – occurs when an unscrupulous reseller distributes multiple copies of a single software package to different customers this includes preloading systems with software without providing original manuals and diskettes. Its indications are multiple users with the same serial number, lack original documentation or an incomplete set, and non-matching documentation.
5. Software Counterfeiting - is the illegal duplication and sale of copyrighted material with the intent of directly imitating the copyrighted product. Most software counterfeiting are incorporated in the following
 Software programs
 packaging,
 manuals,
license agreements,
 labels,
 registration cards, and
 security features.

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6. Soft lifting - is the piracy of software for individual use (as opposed to commercial piracy for gain. It is the process of interrogating computers on a network, to gather intelligence on what software is being run on the machines.
7. Bulletin-board piracy - putting software on a bulletin-board service for anyone to copy or copying software from a bulletin-board service which is not shareware or freeware. Indicators that a program maybe a counterfeit copy
 The price is too good to be true
 The program is on a compilation CD-ROM, i.e. a CD-ROM containing a large number of programs
 CD-ROM is gold in colour
 The product is sold only in a shrink-wrapped plastic CD-ROM case
 There is no retail packaging
 You don’t receive a license agreement. Disadvantages of counterfeit software
 Greater exposure to software viruses, corrupt disks, or otherwise defective software
 Inadequate or no documentation. No warranties
 Lack of technical product support available to properly licensed users
 Ineligibility for software upgrades offered to properly licensed users.

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