Software piracy - the use of software not legitimately paid for and used according to license terms - is a worldwide epidemic. Statistics from the Business Software Alliance BSA) show that 42 % of software installed globally is not prop-:rly licensed, resulting in lost revenue of over $63 billion. But lost revenue to software vendors is only part of the prob-em. The economic effects of software piracy undermine the en-ire U.S. economy, where much of the software is developed, by giving companies that use software without paying for it, an un-air advantage over those who build the purchase of software into heir cost of doing business. It damages brands through distribu-ion of substandard products and exposes customers to a range of T risks including malware, security breaches and data loss.
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