How to Protect Your Digital Goods From Piracy
Posted: June 8th, 2017 | Author: admin | Filed under: Quick Blurbs | Tags: digital art, digital files, digital good, digital goods, ecommerce, piracy | No Comments »When you’re selling digital products, you benefit from the absence of inventory and shipping, but you get piracy as a constant threat instead. It is remarkably easy for someone to steal your intellectual property — music, designs, eBooks, software — and distribute it under their own name.
The numbers associated with piracy are staggering. Microsoft estimates that piracy costs the software industry $491B each year. Another estimate pegs the loss between $200 to $250B within the US alone.
Regardless of the numbers, one thing is clear: theft can be a serious problem when you’re selling digital products.
