The paper deals with the problems of software piracy and its development and impact. Software piracy is the illegal use, copying and / or distributing pirated digital content, including music and movie content. The development of the Internet and increasing speed of installation and download, the pirate scene has experienced great expansion and it seems that it is far from over. Pirate scene foundations were already created when the first software was developed. However, most of the rules of the scene, which were placed before 30-odd years, are still in almost unchanged form. Although "Pirates" are shown as people who will not buy the contents which were illegally downloaded, in many cases they would purchase the content, but they just want to make sure that this is exactly what they need or want. While a variety of anti-piracy associations and organizations are representing them as the reason for the loss of a large part of the income of the world's largest software, music and film companies. The truth is probably, as always, somewhere in the middle.