Evaluation and selection of security products for authentication of computer software
Mark W. Roenigk · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 2000
Software Piracy is estimated to cost software companies over eleven billion dollars per year in lost revenue worldwide. Over fifty three percent of all intellectual property in the form of software is pirated on a global basis. Software piracy has a dramatic effect on the employment figures for the information industry as well. In the US alone, over 130,000 jobs are lost annually as a result of software piracy.