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Thursday May 17, 2007 2:42 pm
Survey Says Software Piracy Decreasing
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has released data from a study that says software piracy is dropping worldwide in 62 out of 102 countries surveyed, although not by much. The company found in this fourth annual report that losses have decreased by 15%, which translates into $40 billion worldwide.
At first glance, this may appear to be good news, but the BSA says that in 2006, 35% of software installed wasn’t purchased legally. This means that for every $2.00 spent legally, another $1.00 buys pirated software.
The lowest piracy rates are found in Austria, Switzerland, and Sweden (26%,) Japan and Denmark (25%,) New Zealand (22%,) and the U.S. (21%.) At the top of the list are Armenia with a 95% piracy rate, Moldova and Azerbaijan (94%,) and Zimbabwe (91%.) We figure this study must have been quite extensive because until today, we didn’t even realize that there was a country named Azerbaijan.
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| Computerworld
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