Software piracy is a serious issue for the software industry. According to the Business Software Alliance, 42% of software installed on computers worldwide is pirated, representing a revenue loss of $63.4 billion dollars. (Source: http://globalstudy.bsa.org/2011/)
Software piracy certainly impacts our business, but our customers are the ultimate victims. Pirating software is stealing, and it is illegal. If revenues are lost due to piracy, less resources can be allocated to research and development of new products and solutions.
What is Piracy?
For computer software, the term "piracy" refers to copying, selling, distributing, or using software that hasn't been properly licensed — or paid for.
How does Piracy impact our Customers?
Software piracy certainly impacts our business, but our customers are the ultimate victims. Pirating software is stealing, and it is illegal. If revenues are lost due to piracy, fewer resources can be allocated to research and development of new products and solutions.
Help Us Reduce Piracy
To obtain information about how to establish a software compliance program or learn more about piracy issues, please visit: http://www.bsa.org
If you are aware of a situation you believe involves software piracy, you may make a confidential report by:
- Emailing a message to our legal
department or sending a message in the mail to:
Quest Software Inc.
Attn: Legal Department
20 Enterprise, Suite 100
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 - Submitting a report to the BSA online at https://reporting.bsa.org/r/report/add.aspx?src=us&ln=en-us
- Calling the BSA toll-free anti-piracy hotline number (U.S. only) 1 (888) - NOPIRACY
- Visiting the BSA website for toll-free hotline numbers across the globe: "http://www.bsa.org/about-bsa/contact-us
Online Auctions
Did you know that our products should not be available at online auctions? Copies obtained from such questionable sites may not be authentic and instead could contain viruses and bugs. For a free evaluation copy of our software products, click here.