Q. What percentage of the total software products installed during 2003 were obtained illegally, according to study conducted by IDC in 2004?

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Q. What was the estimated economic impact of reducing software piracy by 10 percentage points over four years, according to IDC?

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Q. Who commissioned the study on global software piracy?

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Q. What factor was ignored by the study on global software piracy commissioned by BSA and IDC?

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Q. What was the traditional way of illegally duplicating software before the advent of the Internet?

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Q. How has the Internet changed the way software piracy is conducted?

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Q. What is "warez"?

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Q. What is the reason that most software products are vulnerable to piracy?

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Q. What is the main disadvantage of technological solutions to software piracy?

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Q. When were patents for technologies that address software piracy issues filed?

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Q. What is the objective of most copy protection technologies?

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Q. What are some ways in which copy protection technologies control the use of protected software products?

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Q. Why is attaining the objective of copy protection technologies difficult?

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Q. Why is it difficult to create a truly secure protection technology?

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Q. What is the purpose of privileged/nonprivileged execution modes in CPUs?

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Q. What is a class break?

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Q. Why is it difficult to create uncrackable copy protection technology?

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Q. What is a possible solution to the problem of creating secure copy protection technology?

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Q. What is the main problem with copy protection technologies?

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Q. What is the main issue with malicious crackers?

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