Global piracy of business software is down, but the amount it costs software makers is up.
According to figures collected by the Business Software Alliance, global piracy rates declined last year to 39%.
But the lost revenue this represents to firms making the software being pirated rose 19% to more than $13bn.
The UK bucked global trends as its businesses used slightly more pirated software than in previous years.
North America and Western Europe have the lowest global piracy rates. Only 24% of business software in the US is pirated compared to 35% in Europe.
But for the first time in seven years the number of UK firms using pirated software has risen.
Figures gathered by anti-piracy group the Business Software Alliance show that 26% of the software used in the UK companies is pirated. Last year the figure was 25%.
News source: BBC News
According to figures collected by the Business Software Alliance, global piracy rates declined last year to 39%.
But the lost revenue this represents to firms making the software being pirated rose 19% to more than $13bn.
The UK bucked global trends as its businesses used slightly more pirated software than in previous years.
North America and Western Europe have the lowest global piracy rates. Only 24% of business software in the US is pirated compared to 35% in Europe.
But for the first time in seven years the number of UK firms using pirated software has risen.
Figures gathered by anti-piracy group the Business Software Alliance show that 26% of the software used in the UK companies is pirated. Last year the figure was 25%.
News source: BBC News
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Yeah in my experience thats true.
Pirating software has become like smoking weed, its almost a 'null crime', people dont consider it illegal, and CERTAINLY dont realise the implications and ramifications of using pirated software in a corporate environment.
We have very stringent licensing rules.
The problem is little startups going under.
Less Piracy but losing more money means that more expensive software products are being pirated.
In other words, software is too dang expensive, and it's mostly the expensive software that's being pirated, *funny that*!
1- they lower the minimum specs to sell more
2- then you cannot return the game
so who would really throw 70$ in the garbage?
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