The term "software piracy" usually refers to the unauthorized reproduction or distribution of copyrighted software programs. Until recent years, the problem of software piracy was largely confined to unauthorized copying, installation or physical distribution of disks and CDs. However, the emergence of the "web" has added a new dimension to software piracy by permitting electronic sales and transmission of illegal software on a grand scale. Internet piracy broadly refers to the use of the Internet
1. to transmit and download digitised copies of pirated software
2. to advertise and market pirated software that is delivered on physical media through the mails or other traditional means
3. to offer and transmit codes or other technologies used to circumvent copy-protection security features. Within these broad categories, there are various methods used by software pirates to offer and distribute pirated software
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