The antipiracy groups understood just enough about how the torrent cache sites worked, that they automated sending takedowns based on torrent hashes on the assumption that those torrents would. And thats what the software online piracy sopa and protect ip pipa acts are all about. For any professional who makes a decent living from the use of software, i think that. Adapt corporation specializes in structural concrete design software for post tensioning, reinforced concrete, and prestressed beam, slab, foundation, building and bridge structures using finite element or equivalent frame analysis. How to survive alone in the wilderness for 1 week eastern woodlands duration. Ships left idle and at anchor in the wake of the global financial crisis are easy targets for attacks. Shareware junction periodically updates pricing and software information of rapt v. Software piracy prevention through digital rights management.
A new federal regulation regarding the fbis antipiracy warning apw seal took effect several years ago41 cfr section 1281. Pc software piracy decreases worldwide, but remains rampant. The rapt analysis and design package for reinforced and posttensioned concrete. United states department of justice attempts to extradite an australian indicted as head of an. While underway, armed pirates attacked a tanker and kidnapped nine crew members. Us government finally admits most piracy estimates are bogus.
There is some major league piracy going on, and its all about the abuse of by the major holders. Tocta report 2010 low res united nations office on drugs. Posttensioned, reinforced concrete slab design software ram. More than 40 million people use github to discover, fork, and contribute to over 100 million projects. Design floors and foundations reliably and efficiently, saving time and money, and overcoming the most common concerns you face as a designer. Jun 05, 2018 a new report published by the software alliance shows that usage of pirated pc software is decreasing worldwide. Just that its a different issue than the one the mpaa wants us to think about. Rapt is a computer package for computers running microsoft windows operating system which, given the basic. Software piracy is on a par with intellectual terrorism or social justice, a transparent attempt to hijack a legitimate term and superglue its. While the activity is generally seen as illegal, i will explore the ethical implications of software piracy and its effects in two cases. That may be the case as a new software utility circulating on. Post tension slab design software calvinandhobbes10 structural 26 aug 16 15. Antipiracy organisation oceans beyond piracy analysis suggests that in 2012 alone about. Once piracy is identified, we work with you to eliminate the threat.
This thread is a revision of uklappa4me s original piracy megathread listed here which has been archived. Try to avoid the pirate bay if you can for softwaregames, it is filled to the brim with malware torrents. An executive of a consumer electronics company says that if pornography helped popularize technologies like videotape a generation ago, then music and movie piracy is in the drivers seat today. Rapt is a two dimensional post tension beamslab design software. The solution to online piracy is actually quite simple, yet easy to dismiss as being too radical. Maritime piracythe plundering, hijacking, or detention of a ship in international watershas evolved over the centuries but remains a challenge to international law. Rapt upgrade hardlock dongle drivers gil brock be gil brock is the originator of the most widely used software program to design reinforced and post tensioned concrete namely rapt.
Internationally, laws against piracy have ancient origins, too, but u. For years, business software alliance reports on software piracy assumed that each illicit copy was a lost sale. Jun 23, 2015 the governments new anti piracy bill is not the best solution to online piracy. In order to provide an overall view of the global threat posed by piracy and armed robbery against ships, since 1982 the organization has issued incident reports on such acts and attempted acts. Foot soldiers have to be recruited and convinced that to engage in piracy is a legitimate activity and the majority of piracy operations are dependent on support from local communities, which provide shelter, food and other. Reports of actual and attempted attacks by pirates and armed robbers against ships are continuously promulgated via imos piracy and armed robbery module within the organizations global integrated shipping information system gisis as soon as they are received by the secretariat from member states and reporting organizations and entities subject to registration. Meaning that eventually the pirate will get a bit for bit perf.
The more people pirate your software, the more opportunity you have to sell it to legal users. Jun 23, 2005 the games trade body, the entertainment and leisure software publishers association, elspa has a 40strong antipiracy unit. Jan 18, 2010 an executive of a consumer electronics company says that if pornography helped popularize technologies like videotape a generation ago, then music and movie piracy is in the drivers seat today. Rapt is a resilience training platform developed by the resilience institute. He commenced writing this program in 1980 and has constantly updated and improved the program over the past 25 years. Piracy is punishable wherever the pirates are found.
That may be the case as a new software utility circulating on the internet theoretically allows. Maritime piracy is one element of a modernday threat convergence that can also involve terrorism, illicit narcotics and weapons dealing, and other forms of organized crime. Rapt allows optimization of a prestressed concrete solution with the ability to. A new report published by the software alliance shows that usage of pirated pc software is decreasing worldwide. The main problem we have in trying to solve online piracy is that we keep trying to use legislature to make new laws that control online piracy.
Khmer structural engineering design software recommended for you. The amount of piracy surrounding adobe products like photoshop and illustrator actually led them to develop the creative cloud subscription service. Off the horn of africa and deeper into the indian ocean, piracy is the byproduct of political authority breaking down in somalia. Please use a separate form for each website for example, you may submit all titles or multiple postings of the titles that appear on that same website on. A solution to somali piracy is in sight local communities hold the key march 29, 2017 10. Foot soldiers have to be recruited and convinced that to engage in piracy is a legitimate activity and the majority of piracy operations are dependent on support from local communities. Its hard to think about righthaven except as an instance of piracy. In southeast asia stealing and reselling tug boats is a major problem. The rapt analysis and design package for reinforced and posttensioned concrete structural systems has been written and developed by. Post tension slab design software structural engineering. Heres a fascinating article about piracy and how it affects a small software firm.
There are two answers to this one technical and one social. Piracy the act of violence or depredation on the high seas. Complexityone of the defining features of 21st century terrorism is complexity. Post tension beam details from rapt report manual calculations for pre stressed concrete. Want to design concrete floors economically, with exceptional visibility into compliance, and efficiency while designing slabs, mats, and rafts. The reports are based on data and information submitted by imo member governments as well as appropriate regional and international organizations. Bbc news technology software piracy seen as normal. If you are going to use the pirate bay, never use it for software, but otherwise youll want to take preliminary steps to avoid malware when browsing for other types of media video, audio, etc. As long as there have been ships at sea, pirates have sought to steal from them. Concrete slab design software economically design post tensioned and reinforced concrete floors including slabs, mats, and rafts, with exceptional visibility into compliance, efficiency, and practicality. Preventing software piracy the following information can help you identify pirated software and keep your mathworks licenses compliant. The technical answer is that nobody has yet managed to invent a rights managements system that cant be cracked or bypassed. Getting started with rapt resilience training youtube.
But its easy with the complexity of software licensing to misuse or overdeploy software. Twentyfirst century piracy was first seen in the south china sea and in the malacca straits. A counterfeit is an imitation, usually one that is made with the intent of fraudulently passing it off as genuine. Design and analysis of a commercial complex by using post. Jeff biron the software industry has to deal with the threat of piracy and its impact of their business. Aug 27, 2012 in each region the causes of piracy differ. While this is a positive trend for the industry, piracy remains rampant in many. Software publishers use digital rights management, specifically copyprotection techniques, to prevent unauthorized and illegal copying of their software products. The rapt computer package is a design and analysis tool for reinforced and post tensioned concrete slab and beam systems, developed by prestressed concrete design consultants. For the sake of consistency, i will try to adhere to his format.
Download links are directly from our publisher sites. Click the magnifying glass button to view a map of the attack location and to get further details. The games trade body, the entertainment and leisure software publishers association, elspa has a 40strong antipiracy unit. The corporate world often emphasizes that if unauthorized copies are easily available, it. Gene marks writes weekly for the new york times and the huffington post. First, that of the pirate that seeks to sell their pirated software, and the second case of pirated software obtained freely. Piracy is something other people do people hear the word piracy, and they think about a malicious person doing something illegal on purpose, says amy konary, an idc research vice president focused on software licensing. Ppg will help you register a trademark, search the internet or physical locations for piracy and counterfeiting. It is defined by the 1958 geneva convention on the high seas and the 1982 convention on the law of the sea as any illegal act of violence or depredation that is committed for private ends on the high seas or outside the territorial control of any state. Oct 10, 20 maritime piracy the plundering, hijacking, or detention of a ship in international watershas evolved over the centuries but remains a challenge to international law. Until recently, piracy was a phenomenon in decline. The table below gives a narrative of the most recent attacks. Antipiracy operations are fabricating links to non.
What really works is easily accessible and affordable legal means to acquire the latest content. Rapt download a design app for reinforced and posttensioned. Counterfeit products are often produced with the intent to take advantage of the established worth of the imitated product. For faqs, guides, links to tool support threads, or general piracy information, visit the wiki for more information. Software piracy is theft, using crack, password, serial numbers, registration codes, key generators, cd key, hacks is illegal and prevent future development of rapt v. Typical design code list india bs 8110saved material list india ussi default indian materialsaved. Piracy is the unauthorized use or reproduction of anothers work. A solution to somali piracy is in sight local communities. Its a rare day when a shareware programmer gets firm statistics on the extent of software piracy, but just recently, i got that chance. Piracy report to report an incident of online piracy unauthorized publication of a pan macmillan book in either electronic, audio andor print format, please provide the information below.
In order for piracy to prevail it requires some sense of legitimacy. Mar 23, 2011 if it doesnt involve a boat, it isnt piracy. The owner of ed software may sue the infringer in a civil case or charge the violator with a criminal offense. The amount of piracy surrounding your product can also tell you the amount of demand for it. Product protection group proven solutions to stop piracy.
Since the piracy of ed software leads to huge monetary losses, a civil lawsuit usually requires that the infringer pay for all losses resulting from the distribution andor illegal copying of the software and any profits the violator made from it. Its 2009, and whether we like it or not, piracy isnt just tolerated. I support piracy with a big fat asterisk, which is this. Rand advises a range of stakeholdersgovernments, militaries, and corporationson ways to prevent or mitigate piracy activities and improve international collaboration, response, and recovery. What is the best software to design a post tension slab.
Software piracy is on a par with intellectual terrorism or social justice, a transparent attempt to. There are better ways to combat piracy than blocking websites. Its more user friendly compared to other pt design softwares. The finite element analysis program rfem is a powerful software for quick and easy modeling, structural analysis and design of 2d and 3d models consisting of member, plate, wall, folded plate, shell, solid, and contact elements. Software counterfeiting and piracy are problems of global proportions that violate the enforcement of intellectual property rights ipr of software. Calculation and the theory by which the software works are attached with this software s index, this thing is not seen. Mar 29, 2017 a solution to somali piracy is in sight local communities hold the key march 29, 2017 10.
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