Online bootleg software scam. (News and Products).BitArts have called on the UK government to launch an inquiry into software theft in the UK after it demonstrated that online software retailer are allowing multiple copies of software to be run by their customers who only purchase a single license. BitArts has not yet found any retailer online that offers a way of preventing this form of 'shoplifting'. In test, the company was able to show that an individual could purchase a software application from an online retailer using a credit card and download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. the application to their PC. The application could then freely be copied onto other Pos and installed. This however is not where the problem ends. BitArts claims that by contacting the credit card merchant after receiving the bill and explaining that a transaction was fraudulent The description of a willful act commenced with the Specific Intent to deceive or cheat, in order to cause some financial detriment to another and to engender personal financial gain. , the customer is able to recover their costs: This approach exploits a hole in the credit card payment mechanism via the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the enabled by the fact that the cardholder card·hold·er n. One who holds a card, especially a credit card. card  hold is not present during the transaction.
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