The History of Software Copyright Protection

50 YEARS OF SOFTWARE COPYRIGHT PROTECTION 115 6 5 V3 V3 The first software copyrights are issued to Columbia University students. 1964 Bill Gates issues his Open Letter to Hobbyists to combat software piracy. 1976 Wordcraft is the first application to use a hardware-based protection device. 1980 The first commercial software 1984 protection is made available on the market. The Business Software Alliance V3 is founded to stop copyright infringement of software produced by its members. 1988 The first web-based software licensing management system is launched. 1998 Congress passes the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which criminalizes evasion of copy protection. 796 46% Q 4 U6 The industry's first licensing and entitlement management solution for cloud services J15 is announced. 065 2011 5B5 664 GS The Stop Online Piracy Act is introduced to Congress to combat online copyright infringement. JK 46E6 4IK 3LI 88 886 56 33 S6 7 9 G 9 IG 687 I15 2 15 675B 6546 5 6S 584 5 M4 WJ6 445 Software licensing and entitlement management is now available in the cloud, on premise and on any end-user device. Y87 5 14 2014 W16 W 6% 06 A 5% 4 %G H5 DFIG ID 87 14 Z64A 6 64Z5 S 6E 30 6 A55S 4 6V 4 45 W746 % Q65 A 4 3 H D% 28 %) #3 LC 9S 45 E1 6L 84U6Y5 6 TR F4D 6F5 6X6 3 3 34 6 M 8 65 6D3 FI G4H 1 33L 6 Z51 C9 65 V 34B 66 8 884 6Y5H 66T84R65 BR7 68 9U5 G6H5 V35 54S 59D77 9H 54 T9R 9 8 46S X46 54 5 Y 3U21 35 6 45 87D 1 11 4865 G312T D36F55 4 9 65S D35F\6G4 56 41 33L 65Z 1 96 6 V3N B66 M 84U Y H66T Y 79U54 64 0 9 7 6 S2 5F 6G H56 4K3 L 6 Z519C X V33 N34 66 8J 84U6Y 66T Celebrating more than 30 years of protecting software SENTINEL GafeNet SOFTWARE MONETIZATION www.safenet-inc.com/software-monetization-solutions/ SOLUTIONS 000000.0000000•0000000000000•0