Protection safeguards the integrity of the software.
Software copy protection gets in the way of the legitimate user - The new, more sophisticated types of software protection licensing - of which HASP is the leading example - not only don't get in the way of legitimate end-users, they actually benefit them. However, there is no doubt that in the vast majority of cases the investment in protection pays off handsomely in increased sales and profit.ģ. True, not everyone who copies software today would buy it tomorrow if it were protected, and protection may put off a few potential customers. In fact, by protecting their software and thereby increasing their revenues, developers can afford to supply better software at competitive prices. Software copy protection makes the software more expensive - On the contrary: the price of software copy protection is negligible compared to the losses incurred by developers through the pirating of their software. In some Asia Pacific and Eastern European markets, 90% of software is unlicensed.Ģ. In Central and Eastern Europe, an average of 61% of the software in use is illegal. Software piracy is a victimless crime - Nothing could be further from the truth! According to industry statistics, illegal software use costs developers worldwide over $60 billion a year in lost revenues, with more than $10 billion lost in North America alone.