In June of 2006, the article: The Ten Commandments of Fighting Software Pirates appeared on the TechRepublic web site. Written by Eric Sinrod of CNET News, the material provided a mixed review of issues related to software piracy avoidance. Unfortunately, from my perspective, the ten points considered in the article merely underscore the lack of communication between the copyright holders and the consumers of copyright protected products. When it comes to anti piracy, the real goal of the copyrighted products industries seems to be more allinged with punitive piracy audits than with preventing piracy from occuring in the first place.

Dumb Question: Gee, could the legal software / illegal software disconnect have anything to do with the sheer volume of cold hard cash that enforcement groups harvest via punitive piracy audits? (I know the answer as well as how to minimize piracy audits. I know proven methods for preventing being "caught pirating software or music." Now you can too!)

My observations regarding these anti piracy / illegal software "commandments" were posted on TechRepublic and generated some highly interesting commentary. However, due to space limitations, I couldn’t address all Ten Commandments. To learn about the disconnect between the software piracy enforcement industry and the consumer, and to take a serious bite out of your exposure to costly software piracy or music piracy audits, read the FULL PDF Briefing HERE.