| Software products you buy from Egisca entitles you to become a licensed user. When you purchase one license, you are purchasing the right to use that software on a single machine, but you can't put copies on other machines or pass that software along to colleagues. Software piracy is the illegal distribution and/or reproduction of software applications for business or personal use. Whether software piracy is deliberate or not, it is still illegal and punishable by law.
The best way to prevent software piracy is to report it. If you have information regarding the illegal sale,
use, or distribution of our software, or if you have been a victim of software piracy, and were sold what
you suspect are illegal copies of Egiscas products, then please contact us at: PiracyReports@Egisca.com
Additional Resources
BSA (www.bsa.org)
The Business Software Alliance is the foremost organization dedicated to promoting a safe and legal digital world. BSA is the voice of the world's commercial software industry before governments and in the international marketplace. Its members represent the fastest-growing industry in the world. BSA educates consumers on software management and copyright protection, cyber-security, trade, e-commerce and other Internet-related issues.
FAST (www.fast.org.uk)
The Federation Against Software Theft was set up in 1984 by the British Computer Society's Copyright Committee. It was the first software copyright organization. Its first action was to raise the awareness of software piracy and to lobby Parliament for changes in the Copyright Act 1956 to reflect the needs of software authors and publishers. This campaign was successful and it has since been able to influence other legislation that affects properly safeguarding software. The work of FAST has directly influenced enforcing software copyright law and how investigations are carried out in many other countries.
SIIA (www.siia.net)
The work of the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) has brought together the leading companies of the software and information industry, expanding market opportunities and forging the way toward a stronger industry. SIIA is the only trade association with a global reach that provides a credible, unifying voice for all businesses that produce the software and information that runs the digital economy. SIIA protects its members' intellectual property and advocates a legal and regulatory environment that benefits the entire industry. SIIA provides a neutral business forum for our members to understand business models, technological advancements, industry trends and best practices.
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