It should be noted that with the use of realistic accelerometers and spectrum matching techniques along with record selection tools, you can obtain a set of records for dynamic nonlinear analysis of new or existing structures. Selection, scaling and simulation of input ground motion. Oct 30, 2012 software piracy is the stealing of legally protected software. According to the business software alliance bsa, an international association representing.
While the past actions are not condoned, at least you bought the legit version. Software piracy is considered direct infringement when it denies holders due compensation for use of their creative works. On the other hand the generation of the accelerograms from the knowledge of a target response spectrum is an inverse problem whose solution is not unique. So when i heard that fellow microisv owner nikos bozinis had created a tool to help software vendors fight piracy, i asked him to write a guest post. With the ever increasing innovations in technology and software today, newer and newer software are coming out in the market daily. Guest writes both the concept of software piracy and the term itself remain highly controversial. By shaun nichols in san francisco 20 jul 2016 at 00. Software piracy hurts the economic growth rates of developing countries the most. It sold software to nike, which it alleges agreed to a sla. Antipiracy software accused of license violation new scientist.
For the 9th year in a row, the business software alliance bsa, an organization that mainly represents microsofts interest, has put out its ridiculous global software piracy study, which. Gao concludes piracy stats are usually junk, file sharing can. For every two dollars worth of software purchased legitimately, one dollars worth was obtained illegally. Artificial accelerograms representing bedrock conditions may be derived from ground motion prediction expressions gmpe using software such as. Hhtbased artificial seismic accelerograms generation halinria. The most piracyridden region was eastern europe where currently 71% of the software in use is stolen. The trailers of films that say piracy is theft do not help understanding here, as a piracy is often a civil matter, b in no jurisdiction that i know of is piracy when criminal prosecuted as theft rather under a separate statute, c it bears very little relation to theft in terms of what has to be proved under uk law anyway. Computer piracy is the unauthorized use of ed software. Accelerograms are accelerationtime diagrams also acceleration time course or seismogram, which are usually based on real earthquake records. Founded in 1975, microsoft nasdaq msft is the worldwide leader in software for personal computers. The bsa website defines software piracy as the unauthorized copying or distribution of ed software. Apr 12, 2010 gao concludes piracy stats are usually junk, file sharing can help sales. The antipiracy program, called xcp, was created for sony bmg by the ukbased company first 4 internet. The computational algorithm for stochastic simulations of the seismological model for generation of accelerograms is presented to enable readers to generate accelerograms by matlab, or excel, instead of proprietary software avoiding the black box syndrome.
Customers shouldnt have to sacrifice convenience and user experience to awkward licensing or protection schemes because software vendors are paranoid. Spectrum and energy compatible artificial accelerograms. Jun 28, 2009 a versatile approach is employed to generate artificial accelerograms which satisfy the compatibility criteria prescribed by the chinese aseismic code provisions gb 500112001. Sometimes software can be expensive, but thats never an excuse to pirate it. Originally, software companies tried to stop software piracy by copyprotectingtheir software. Artifseismomatlab file exchange matlab central mathworks. According to the business software alliance, 57% of the worlds computer users admit to using pirate software. Spectrum and energy compatible artificial accelerograms file. Software piracy is a term that is frequently used to describe the copying or use of computer software in violation of its license commonly referred to as an end user licensing agreement or eula. Software piracy has many negative economic consequences. Software piracy, which is the unauthorized use or copying of software illegally, has become a major problem for businesses and it is widespread in many parts of the world which led to drain of economy.
Determining the response spectrum from a given set of accelerograms is quite a wellcodified procedure. Nike is accused of making illegal copies of that software, and of downloading and using illegally cracked keys. I generated and used synthetic earthquake acceleration records in my following. Copying music for a friend, downloading a commercially licensed program from the internet without purchasing it and even using software in a way that violates the end user license agreement are all forms of computer piracy. North america was the most lawabiding region and had a piracy rate of 23%. Usgs uses github for all new software development, as well as open sourcing older software. Software piracy is a real issue for every software company, large and small, and it isnt going away any time soon. Thats especially true if the software in question is 558,000 copies of a virtual reality program and you are the u. Zheng li, panagiotis kotronis and hanliang wu 2017, simplified approaches for arias intensity correction of synthetic accelerograms, bulletin of earthquake engineering. The bsa survey was based on questions to 15,000 people in thirtythree countries in 2012. Interestingly, not only the concept, but also the term itself, is highly controversial. Gao concludes piracy stats are usually junk, file sharing can help sales. For instance, the fragmented noncentralized distribution method known as bit torrent is a great idea, and it significantly lowered the barrier to entry for.
According to the business software alliance bsa, an. Software piracy is indeed a very grave problem in the electronically connected world today. The most piracy ridden region was eastern europe where currently 71% of the software in use is stolen. Check out our latest infographic on software piracy to see how it happens, how quickly its adopted by your prospects often unknowingly, and how it negatively impacts your software revenues. Revisiting software piracy using globe cultural practices. The bottom line is when software is pirated, the developer does not receive compensation for their work. The history of software piracy the history of software piracy dates back almost to the invention of the consumer computer itself. Others assert that it is a relatively minor problem and that the real problems are poor quality and excessive prices as a. Synthesis of artificial spectrumcompatible seismic. To my knowledge, synthetic accelerograms are those which can be derived from seismological parameters and artificial accelerograms those which can be derived from spectrum compatible. Nov 15, 2016 sometimes software can be expensive, but thats never an excuse to pirate it. Anti piracy software protection with pc guard software. Software piracy began when ed roberts created a company called the micro instrumentation telemetry system mits.
Even if it doesnt actually physically affect the original copy, piracy takes the sale away from the creator. Software piracy is all but impossible to stop, although software companies are launching more and more lawsuits against major infractors. Apples fumble with the uptodate program is a perfect example of how protection and licensing can annoy customers while doing little to reduce software piracy. Software producers would not be able to compete with the inexpensive pirated versions, and drive them away from entering the market. Digital piracy may also occur on a wider scale when criminal groups reproduce software, movie soundtracks, audiovisual work without authors or publishers consent. These subroutines are for the generation of synthetic accelerograms which are used in the paper. Seismoartif is an application capable of generating artificial earthquake accelerograms matched to a specific target response spectrum using different calculation methods and varied assumptions. Legal protection against software piracy in global markets. Under law, software piracy occurs when protected software is copied, distributed, modified or sold. Jul 29, 2001 software piracy on the rise britains computer games industry generates. In the context of software piracy, what is blacklisting.
The determinants of software piracy approach by panel data. A stochastically based seismological model is described in this paper and used to generate synthetic accelerograms that are considered representative of. Piracy rates are the highest in developing countries, and this discourages new software developers to enter the market. May 10, 2020 software piracy is so widespread that it exists in homes, schools, businesses and government offices. Software piracy therefore can undermine the well being of companies, communities, and countries. Software piracy is a crime, but that crime brought with it some spectacular innovations. The annual survey of global software piracy shows that 36% of software was being used illegally in 2003 according to figures prepared for the bsa.
Effects of software piracy when software is pirated, consumers, software developers, and resellers are harmed. Accelerograms can be entered in rfem or rstab by using the rfdynam pro addon module. What are some unexpected benefits of internet digital piracy. Dec 20, 2016 software piracy is a crime, but that crime brought with it some spectacular innovations.
The data can be imported from a library that contains a large number of earthquake records see figure 01. Microsoft extends antipiracy features in office 2000 stories. For many years weve explored how entertainment and software industry piracy statistics are very reliable. Thats especially true if the software in question is 558,000 copies of a. Earthquake software for artificial accelerograms generation. The trailers of films that say piracy is theft do not help understanding here, as a piracy is often a civil matter, b in no jurisdiction that i know of is piracy when criminal prosecuted as theft rather under a separate statute, c it bears very little relation to theft in terms of. German programmer sebastian porst has posted details of. Software piracy is the stealing of legally protected software. Software piracy is so widespread that it exists in homes, schools, businesses and government offices. Global software piracy study latest breaking news, pictures, videos, and special reports from the economic times. Synthesis of accelerograms compatible with the chinese gb. The second is hallodorson and papageorgiou algorithm 8 implemented by seismoartif artificial earthquake accelerograms.
Seismoartif artificial earthquake accelerograms seismosoft. Some computer industry executives claim that socalled piracy is by far the largest problem facing the software industry. More specifically, two nns compress the fourier spectra of a set of recorded accelerograms and produce a similar frequency spectrum. Piracy is theft, no matter what people say holly the librarian. Spectrumcompatible and energy compatible artificial accelerograms generation. Bbc news technology software piracy continues to grow. For many years weve explored how entertainment and software industry piracy statistics are very reliable at least. I want to research about artificial accelerogram of earthquakes and. Part of the problem, according to chris tortorice, corporate counsel for antipiracy with microsoft canada inc. It is noted that the use of real accelerograms and spectrum matching techniques. Piracy involves numerous factors that affect the pricing and financial health of legitimate corporations.
The magnitude of the problem indicates that a strategic, organizationwide, cooperative, global approach is required if management hopes to curtail the global software piracy pandemic. Openseismomatlab is an innovative opensource software for strong ground motion data processing, written in matlab. The anti piracy program, called xcp, was created for sony bmg by the ukbased company first 4 internet. The effects of software piracy on consumers and software. This code calculates artificial acceleration time histories as samples of a stationary process, characterized by a onesided power spectral. The software implements an elastoplastic bilinear kinematic hardening constitutive model and uses a stateoftheart single step single solve time integration algorithm featuring exceptional speed, robustness and accuracy.
Seismoartif v2018 is a software for generating synthetic earthquake motions according to a specific response spectrum using different calculation methods and hypotheses. What is the difference between synthetic and artificial. Generation of responsespectrumcompatible artificial. Choose a web site to get translated content where available and see local events and offers. How is it possible for millions to use pirated software at. The generation of an artificial accelerogram to match code. Soon after the creation of the company the altair 8800 was created. B the process of encoding dynamic information within the application. The rate of global software piracy climbed to 43 percent in 2009. German programmer sebastian porst has posted details of the alleged. Generation of synthetic earthquake accelerograms based on. What will happen if adobe found that i have used piracy.
Hence, given the suggested level of piracy rate we think it is important to continue studying this phenomenon. An artificial accelerogram generator code written in. These subroutines are for the generation of synthetic accelerograms which are. Technically you did violate laws and tos while using pirated software. Artificial accelerograms generated to match a target response spectrum earthquake motion as the output from filters and use of system response for a white noise input disadvantages records generally have an excessive number of cycles of strong motion, and consequently have unrealistically high energy content. A using a list of email addresses or domain names from which an email blocking program will allow messages to be received. Furthermore, accelerograms allow you to generate response spectra or use them directly in the response spectrum analysis. Jul 07, 2004 the annual survey of global software piracy shows that 36% of software was being used illegally in 2003 according to figures prepared for the bsa. In particular, a frequency dependent peak factor derived by means of appropriate monte carlo analyses is introduced to relate the gb 500112001 design spectrum to a parametrically defined evolutionary power spectrum.
A versatile approach is employed to generate artificial accelerograms which satisfy the compatibility criteria prescribed by the chinese aseismic code provisions gb 500112001. May 19, 20 even if it doesnt actually physically affect the original copy, piracy takes the sale away from the creator. Although it seems that now you are using legit one. Nike accused of pirating software after being caught with. If you sneak into the movie theater to watch a movie for free, even though the reel is still in the projector room and unaffected by your presence, you are still stealing. Seismomatch adjusting earthquake accelerograms software.
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