Middle Eastern Religious Perspectives on Software Piracy

Middle Eastern Religious View on Pirated Software Copying The introduction of illegal software in the Middle East (illegal copying, illegal copying, etc.) is a cumbersome problem. While 74% of Lebanon's software is illegal, 37% of Israeli software is estimated to be illegal1. Since this problem is already missing in the Intellectual Property Law, even if these laws are introduced, there is a possibility that the problem can not be solved. By joining the World Trade Organization (as most Middle Eastern countries have done recently), these countries were forced to approve the copyright law officially, but that affects the citizen's copyright view .

First of all, software piracy is an illegal copy of software. Software piracy is not a recent trend or topic. Illegal copying of software is the plight of the past and present, and it will become the future if it does not stop. Types of illegal copying include illegal copying of end users, preinstalled software, illegal copying of the Internet, counterfeiting, illegal copying of online auctions. The government is increasingly opposed to illegal copying. They urged each country to sign an agreement and request them to enforce intellectual property rights. Piracy of software has a financial impact on the government. It deprives the employment economy and in turn reduces income tax income. The market fails and affects individuals and investors, so it loses its appeal to international business

Illegal copying of software Piracy of software has reached a level of trends around the world. In other media or industry, intellectual property theft is even more prevalent. According to the book "Fire of Gifts", "Every year millions of dollars of software are illegally copied." As a relatively new technology, the software and the Internet industry have not established a good foundation for deterring theft . But as the courts are watching more and more incidents involving illegal copying and software theft, we are pleased to see the tendency of judicial intolerance over such crimes. Our legislators are also joining in, and their legislation involves the pressure to revise the copyright law and impose stricter regulations on foreign countries ... More

Given the illegal copy of software on campus, it is a small community, so there are many potential software illegal copies. Software piracy on university campus is usually divided into two categories. The first case occurs when the agency itself violates copyright law. This happens when the installation of the software program exceeds the terms of the license agreement or law. For example, licensed software for use on one computer is installed on many computers or network servers and has unrestricted access. Normally, schools do not recognize this problem with poor software management or software management.