For companies, software piracy is a great loss of potential income. In response to the trade of pirated software, computer software companies joined in the international political lobby organization, Business Software Alliance (BSA). Customized versions of the statute BSA were established in countries around the world to put pressure on the government to tighten laws on intellectual property and to implement anti-piracy measures. BSA challenge in Hong Kong for the suppression of piracy and illegal distribution of software, while increasing the size of the local software market. How it can contribute to both known protectionist Asian countries to open their sectors computer free and transparent trade, while forcing them to bounce in the illegal trade, which threatened mainly by large firms in the USA? "Hide
by Ali F. Farhoomand, Peter Lovelock, Catherine Lo Source: University of Hong Kong, 21 pages. Publication Date: January 1, 1999. Prod. #: HKU059-PDF-ENG
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