The level of software piracy in the world has grown from 41% to 43%
In the global market, the share of illegal software increased in 2009 from 41% to 43%, according to a new annual report of the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and IDC. In other words, for every $ 100 of legal software, $ 75 is stolen. The total amount stolen for the year is estimated at $ 51.4 billion; in Russia alone, programs worth $ 2.6 billion were stolen.
According to BSA experts, software piracy is one of the main brakes on the global economy. If we manage to reduce it by at least 10 percentage points, this will lead to the creation of 500,000 new jobs and allow us to infuse an additional $ 140 billion into the US economy.
The report analyzed information from 111 countries. The negative overall dynamics is associated with the growth of the markets of developing countries such as China, India and Brazil, where the level of piracy is traditionally very high. While PC sales have stabilized in all other countries, they have grown rapidly in these countries, so that they have a stronger influence on the aggregate figure. At the same time, paradoxically, in China the level of piracy for the year decreased from 80% to 79%, in India - from 68% to 65%, in Brazil - from 58% to 56%.
Last year, the level of piracy grew in 19 countries of the world, including two European countries (Moldova and Ukraine).
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The most civilized world markets are the USA (the piracy rate is 20%), Japan (21%) and Luxembourg (21%).
At the opposite end of the pole are Georgia (95%), Zimbabwe (92%), Bangladesh (91%) and Moldova (91%). Not far behind were Belarus (87%) with Ukraine (85%).
In Russia, the level of software piracy, according to the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and IDC, fell in 2009 from 68% to 67%, and over the past two years it has fallen by as much as six percentage points. According to experts, this is due to the entry into force of Part IV of the Civil Code, where software piracy is actually equated with serious crimes (tougher penalties under Article 146).
According to BSA experts, software piracy is one of the main brakes on the global economy. If we manage to reduce it by at least 10 percentage points, this will lead to the creation of 500,000 new jobs and allow us to infuse an additional $ 140 billion into the US economy.
The report analyzed information from 111 countries. The negative overall dynamics is associated with the growth of the markets of developing countries such as China, India and Brazil, where the level of piracy is traditionally very high. While PC sales have stabilized in all other countries, they have grown rapidly in these countries, so that they have a stronger influence on the aggregate figure. At the same time, paradoxically, in China the level of piracy for the year decreased from 80% to 79%, in India - from 68% to 65%, in Brazil - from 58% to 56%.
Last year, the level of piracy grew in 19 countries of the world, including two European countries (Moldova and Ukraine).
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The most civilized world markets are the USA (the piracy rate is 20%), Japan (21%) and Luxembourg (21%).
At the opposite end of the pole are Georgia (95%), Zimbabwe (92%), Bangladesh (91%) and Moldova (91%). Not far behind were Belarus (87%) with Ukraine (85%).
In Russia, the level of software piracy, according to the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and IDC, fell in 2009 from 68% to 67%, and over the past two years it has fallen by as much as six percentage points. According to experts, this is due to the entry into force of Part IV of the Civil Code, where software piracy is actually equated with serious crimes (tougher penalties under Article 146).
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