International Infringement of Software as Intellectual Property

The legal and economic value of intellectual property is under seige in much of the world. Creators of software find that, throughout much of the industrialized and Third World, their products are illegally copied and sold in breach of bilateral treaties and international protocols. Prosecutions of violators, though increasing in number, offer only a partial solution. Comparatively analyses how Western firms have responded to this issue, which transcends ethics, industrial management,data systems, profit and law. The analysis includes research into those nations which are often found to house a disproportionate share of violators of intellectual property rights.