Software piracy caused worldwide losses of $34 billion in 2005, u...
Software piracy caused worldwide losses of $34 billion in 2005, up $1.6 billion from 2004, a Business Software Alliance-commissioned study said. About 35% of packaged software on PCs was illegal, the International Data Group said. Piracy was lowest in…
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the U.S. (21%) but the U.S. had the biggest loss ($6.9 billion). Education, enforcement and policy are better in China, Russia, India and other emerging economies, said the study, which found piracy down in 51% of 97 nations covered. Russia’s rate of PC software piracy fell 4 percentage points. Indian piracy fell 2 points; Chinese, 4 points. Canadian software piracy fell 3 percentage points to 33%, for a loss of $943 million, down $166 million from 2004. Canada is among the 20 countries with the world’s lowest software piracy rates. Piracy also fell in the Middle East and Africa, with 12 countries dropping 2 or more percentage points. In Central and Eastern Europe, piracy fell in 15 of 18 countries studied. Vietnam (90%), Zimbabwe (90%), Indonesia (87%) and China and Pakistan (each 86%) had the highest piracy rates.