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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedSIIA Tries To Stop Software Piracy On Auction Site.
Tape-Disc Business, March, 2000
In an effort to reduce the exchange of illegitimate copies of software via the Internet, the Software & Information Industry Association (SILA) has released a set of recommended policies and procedures for Internet auction site operators.
After discussions with auction site operators and other interested parties, STIA developed three business models that vary in level of restriction, and inversely in likelihood of unauthorized software being transferred -- and liability for the auction site. The first model prohibits the transfer of software through the Internet site. The second permits software distribution only when the auction is reviewed by the auction site operator prior to posting it on the site. The third permits software distribution only when the...
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