Main Catalog Jurisprudence Criminal Law and Criminology

Forensic investigation of the installation of allegedly counterfeit software products

Authors: Karlova A.V.
Published in issue: #12(29)/2018
DOI: 10.18698/2541-8009-2018-12-415
Category: Jurisprudence \| Chapter: Criminal Law and Criminology
Keywords: counterfeit products, copyrights, software, Defacto, software classification, software protection methods, cybercrime, unauthorized using of software products
Published: 17.12.2018

The article is devoted to current research issues of allegedly counterfeit software products. Nowadays counterfeit products in economic terms are the fastest growing part of the shadow market. Pirated products can be found in almost any state and in any sector of the economy. The relevance of this topic is due to the fact that the market for pirated products in digital format is growing steadily. The use of digital fakes will only increase due to technical progress and to the rapid spread of access to the Internet. Many “pirated” sites offer the user a huge selection of programs. It does not cause inconvenience to consumers, but manufacturers incur enormous monetary losses. The most popular among violators of related and copyright are audio and video products, computer games, operating systems and software. This article describes in detail such an object of criminal encroachment as software.

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