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Using software watermarking to discourage piracy

Myles, 2004

Document ID
1990745987038940729
Author
Myles G
Publication year
Publication venue
XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students

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Software piracy and copyright infringement are rapidly growing. Historically, the spread of pirated software required the transfer of a physical copy (ie a disk), limiting the rate of illegal software distribution. However, recent increases in network transfer rates and ease of …
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