Recession Likely to Spur More Counterfeit Technology
As the economy continues its downward spiral, a crime of opportunity is becoming more prevalent in the IT marketplace through the sales of counterfeit IT products.
“Piracy has always been around and the expectation is that it will increase,” said George John. T, CTO at Trinity Future-In Pvt.Ltd, which develops software antipiracy products and solutions.
But how can a solution provider determine whether something is counterfeit? Cori Hartje, senior director of Microsoft’s Genuine Software Initiative, said it’s not that easy sometimes to spot the fakes.
“We see a lot of high-quality counterfeit of all of our popular products. The high-quality counterfeiters are making [pirated software] look like an OEM product,” she said. “It’s psychological – users expect to pay less for OEM software, and overall it’s less obvious to the consumer.” And resellers who purchase pirated software also may have the added risk of malware to contend with, Hartje said. “No partner should want to be in a position of selling counterfeit, especially when there might be malware [in the software]. They put their own reputation on the line and end up supporting counterfeit software.”
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