The ethical dilemma of software piracy: an inquiry from an Islamic perspective

Software piracy in the Muslim countries is a prevailing issue. It has been estimated based on BSA by 2009 that more than 90% of software in Yemen is pirated, followed by Libya 88%, Indonesia 86%, and Iraq 85%. UAE has the lowest rate for software piracy, which is 36%. While in the Middle East are...

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Main Authors:	Zangana, Hewa Majeed, Alshaikhli, Imad Fakhri Taha, Graha, Yuliana Isma
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Perguruan Tinggi Raharja 2013
Subjects:	QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/32439/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32439/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32439/1/imad-hewa.pdf

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spelling	iium-324392015-08-12T02:55:42Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32439/ The ethical dilemma of software piracy: an inquiry from an Islamic perspective Zangana, Hewa Majeed Alshaikhli, Imad Fakhri Taha Graha, Yuliana Isma QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Software piracy in the Muslim countries is a prevailing issue. It has been estimated based on BSA by 2009 that more than 90% of software in Yemen is pirated, followed by Libya 88%, Indonesia 86%, and Iraq 85%. UAE has the lowest rate for software piracy, which is 36%. While in the Middle East area, the piracy rate is around 59% with total commercial value of $2,887 Million. Furthermore, the software piracy remains a critical issue in Asia Pacific, with the region accounting for the highest dollar losses in the world from the use of unlicensed software. The survey of software piracy around the world, which is collaboration between the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and IDC, indicates that software piracy on personal computers in the Asia Pacific region in November 2009 was 61 percent, worth 15,000 million U.S. dollars (BSA, 2009; IDC Global PC). The purpose of this study is to understand the software piracy from Islamic perspective and finding the recommendations, solutions of this problem to deter software piracy as much as possible. Focusing on the Islamic rule, evidence and argument relating to copyright infringement especially software piracy in the Islamic world; additionally, the effect of software piracy. Perguruan Tinggi Raharja 2013-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32439/1/imad-hewa.pdf Zangana, Hewa Majeed and Alshaikhli, Imad Fakhri Taha and Graha, Yuliana Isma (2013) The ethical dilemma of software piracy: an inquiry from an Islamic perspective. Creative Communication and Information Technology, 7 (1). pp. 59-76. ISSN 1978 - 8282 http://www.raharja.ac.id/karyailmiah/7010413
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description	Software piracy in the Muslim countries is a prevailing issue. It has been estimated based on BSA by 2009 that more than 90% of software in Yemen is pirated, followed by Libya 88%, Indonesia 86%, and Iraq 85%. UAE has the lowest rate for software piracy, which is 36%. While in the Middle East area, the piracy rate is around 59% with total commercial value of $2,887 Million. Furthermore, the software piracy remains a critical issue in Asia Pacific, with the region accounting for the highest dollar losses in the world from the use of unlicensed software. The survey of software piracy around the world, which is collaboration between the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and IDC, indicates that software piracy on personal computers in the Asia Pacific region in November 2009 was 61 percent, worth 15,000 million U.S. dollars (BSA, 2009; IDC Global PC). The purpose of this study is to understand the software piracy from Islamic perspective and finding the recommendations, solutions of this problem to deter software piracy as much as possible. Focusing on the Islamic rule, evidence and argument relating to copyright infringement especially software piracy in the Islamic world; additionally, the effect of software piracy.
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author	Zangana, Hewa Majeed Alshaikhli, Imad Fakhri Taha Graha, Yuliana Isma
author_facet	Zangana, Hewa Majeed Alshaikhli, Imad Fakhri Taha Graha, Yuliana Isma
author_sort	Zangana, Hewa Majeed
title	The ethical dilemma of software piracy: an inquiry from an Islamic perspective
title_short	The ethical dilemma of software piracy: an inquiry from an Islamic perspective
title_full	The ethical dilemma of software piracy: an inquiry from an Islamic perspective
title_fullStr	The ethical dilemma of software piracy: an inquiry from an Islamic perspective
title_full_unstemmed	The ethical dilemma of software piracy: an inquiry from an Islamic perspective
title_sort	ethical dilemma of software piracy: an inquiry from an islamic perspective
publisher	Perguruan Tinggi Raharja
publishDate	2013
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