Seismoartif artificial earthquake accelerograms seismosoft. For every two dollars worth of software purchased legitimately, one dollars worth was obtained illegally. Software piracy is the stealing of legally protected software. 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. 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. Determining the response spectrum from a given set of accelerograms is quite a wellcodified procedure. 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. Selection, scaling and simulation of input ground motion.
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. I generated and used synthetic earthquake acceleration records in my following. The most piracyridden region was eastern europe where currently 71% of the software in use is stolen. Global software piracy study latest breaking news, pictures, videos, and special reports from the economic times. With the ever increasing innovations in technology and software today, newer and newer software are coming out in the market daily.
Effects of software piracy when software is pirated, consumers, software developers, and resellers are harmed. Piracy rates are the highest in developing countries, and this discourages new software developers to enter the market. Jul 29, 2001 software piracy on the rise britains computer games industry generates. Part of the problem, according to chris tortorice, corporate counsel for antipiracy with microsoft canada inc. Hhtbased artificial seismic accelerograms generation halinria. 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. Furthermore, accelerograms allow you to generate response spectra or use them directly in the response spectrum analysis. Thats especially true if the software in question is 558,000 copies of a. Guest writes both the concept of software piracy and the term itself remain highly controversial. Software producers would not be able to compete with the inexpensive pirated versions, and drive them away from entering the market.
The determinants of software piracy approach by panel data. Software piracy hurts the economic growth rates of developing countries the most. I want to research about artificial accelerogram of earthquakes and. These subroutines are for the generation of synthetic accelerograms which are. Originally, software companies tried to stop software piracy by copyprotectingtheir software. 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.
Even if it doesnt actually physically affect the original copy, piracy takes the sale away from the creator. Spectrum and energy compatible artificial accelerograms file. For instance, the fragmented noncentralized distribution method known as bit torrent is a great idea, and it significantly lowered the barrier to entry for. Software piracy is a crime, but that crime brought with it some spectacular innovations. The generation of an artificial accelerogram to match code. Oct 30, 2012 software piracy is the stealing of legally protected software. Spectrumcompatible and energy compatible artificial accelerograms generation.
The anti piracy program, called xcp, was created for sony bmg by the ukbased company first 4 internet. It sold software to nike, which it alleges agreed to a sla. Usgs uses github for all new software development, as well as open sourcing older software. B the process of encoding dynamic information within the application. Digital piracy may also occur on a wider scale when criminal groups reproduce software, movie soundtracks, audiovisual work without authors or publishers consent. 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. How is it possible for millions to use pirated software at. 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.
The most piracy ridden region was eastern europe where currently 71% of the software in use is stolen. Accelerograms are accelerationtime diagrams also acceleration time course or seismogram, which are usually based on real earthquake records. Generation of responsespectrumcompatible artificial. Soon after the creation of the company the altair 8800 was created. A using a list of email addresses or domain names from which an email blocking program will allow messages to be received. 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. Global software piracy study blogs, comments and archive news on. Sometimes software can be expensive, but thats never an excuse to pirate it. Artifseismomatlab file exchange matlab central mathworks. 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.
According to the business software alliance bsa, an. Antipiracy software accused of license violation new scientist. The bottom line is when software is pirated, the developer does not receive compensation for their work. 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.
Customers shouldnt have to sacrifice convenience and user experience to awkward licensing or protection schemes because software vendors are paranoid. 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. German programmer sebastian porst has posted details of. North america was the most lawabiding region and had a piracy rate of 23%. This code calculates artificial acceleration time histories as samples of a stationary process, characterized by a onesided power spectral. Computer piracy is the unauthorized use of ed software. Generation of synthetic earthquake accelerograms based on upto. According to the business software alliance bsa, an international association representing. Software piracy is so widespread that it exists in homes, schools, businesses and government offices. Artificial accelerograms representing bedrock conditions may be derived from ground motion prediction expressions gmpe using software such as. Apr 12, 2010 gao concludes piracy stats are usually junk, file sharing can help sales. The bsa survey was based on questions to 15,000 people in thirtythree countries in 2012.
Hence, given the suggested level of piracy rate we think it is important to continue studying this phenomenon. Founded in 1975, microsoft nasdaq msft is the worldwide leader in software for personal computers. For many years weve explored how entertainment and software industry piracy statistics are very reliable at least. 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. Aug 08, 2012 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.
While the past actions are not condoned, at least you bought the legit version. Zheng li, panagiotis kotronis and hanliang wu 2017, simplified approaches for arias intensity correction of synthetic accelerograms, bulletin of earthquake engineering. It is noted that the use of real accelerograms and spectrum matching techniques. Earthquake software for artificial accelerograms generation. If theres one thing that burns me with bsas approach, its their willful ignorance of the difference between software piracy and unlicensed software.
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. For many years weve explored how entertainment and software industry piracy statistics are very reliable. Bbc news technology software piracy continues to grow. Both terms represent usage of software without paying for it, but thats all the two have in common. What will happen if adobe found that i have used piracy. Thats especially true if the software in question is 558,000 copies of a virtual reality program and you are the u. What is the difference between synthetic and artificial. In the context of software piracy, what is blacklisting. These subroutines are for the generation of synthetic accelerograms which are used in the paper.
What are some unexpected benefits of internet digital piracy. 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. Revisiting software piracy using globe cultural practices. 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.
A versatile approach is employed to generate artificial accelerograms which satisfy the compatibility criteria prescribed by the chinese aseismic code provisions gb 500112001. Synthesis of artificial spectrumcompatible seismic. Software piracy therefore can undermine the well being of companies, communities, and countries. Software piracy is the mislicensing, unauthorized reproduction and illegal distribution of software, whether for business or personal use. Anti piracy software protection with pc guard software. Legal protection against software piracy in global markets. Some computer industry executives claim that socalled piracy is by far the largest problem facing the software industry. 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. German programmer sebastian porst has posted details of the alleged. The bsa website defines software piracy as the unauthorized copying or distribution of ed software. The effects of software piracy on consumers and software. The antipiracy program, called xcp, was created for sony bmg by the ukbased company first 4 internet. Software piracy is considered direct infringement when it denies holders due compensation for use of their creative works. Spectrum and energy compatible artificial accelerograms.
Software piracy is a real issue for every software company, large and small, and it isnt going away any time soon. Software piracy is indeed a very grave problem in the electronically connected world today. Dec 20, 2016 software piracy is a crime, but that crime brought with it some spectacular innovations. 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. Software piracy is all but impossible to stop, although software companies are launching more and more lawsuits against major infractors. Generation of synthetic earthquake accelerograms based on. May 10, 2020 software piracy is so widespread that it exists in homes, schools, businesses and government offices.
Under law, software piracy occurs when protected software is copied, distributed, modified or sold. Accelerograms can be entered in rfem or rstab by using the rfdynam pro addon module. 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. Seismoartif v2018 is a software for generating synthetic earthquake motions according to a specific response spectrum using different calculation methods and hypotheses. Choose a web site to get translated content where available and see local events and offers.
According to the business software alliance, 57% of the worlds computer users admit to using pirate software. A stochastically based seismological model is described in this paper and used to generate synthetic accelerograms that are considered representative of. Interestingly, not only the concept, but also the term itself, is highly controversial. The history of software piracy the history of software piracy dates back almost to the invention of the consumer computer itself. Technically you did violate laws and tos while using pirated software. Nike accused of pirating software after being caught with. Piracy is theft, no matter what people say holly the librarian. The rate of global software piracy climbed to 43 percent in 2009.
Software piracy has many negative economic consequences. Openseismomatlab is an innovative opensource software for strong ground motion data processing, written in matlab. Gao concludes piracy stats are usually junk, file sharing can. More specifically, two nns compress the fourier spectra of a set of recorded accelerograms and produce a similar frequency spectrum. Gao concludes piracy stats are usually junk, file sharing can help sales. Synthesis of accelerograms compatible with the chinese gb. Microsoft extends antipiracy features in office 2000 stories. Software piracy began when ed roberts created a company called the micro instrumentation telemetry system mits. 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. Although it seems that now you are using legit one. May 19, 20 even if it doesnt actually physically affect the original copy, piracy takes the sale away from the creator. 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. Seismomatch adjusting earthquake accelerograms software.
Others assert that it is a relatively minor problem and that the real problems are poor quality and excessive prices as a. Nike is accused of making illegal copies of that software, and of downloading and using illegally cracked keys. Nov 15, 2016 sometimes software can be expensive, but thats never an excuse to pirate it. The data can be imported from a library that contains a large number of earthquake records see figure 01. The second is hallodorson and papageorgiou algorithm 8 implemented by seismoartif artificial earthquake accelerograms. Piracy involves numerous factors that affect the pricing and financial health of legitimate corporations.
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