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Information Technology News PC software piracy cost vendors $34 billion in 2005
Information Technology News PC software piracy cost vendors $34 billion in 2005 | PC software piracy cost vendors $34 billion in 2005 |
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| by Stan Beer | |
| Wednesday, 24 May 2006 | |
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These are among the findings of an annual global PC software piracy study released today by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), the international association of global software developers. The independent study was conducted by IT research firm IDC. The BSA-IDC Global Software Piracy Study covers all packaged software that runs on PCs. The study does not include other types of software such as that which runs on mainframes or servers or software sold as a service. IDC used proprietary statistics for software and hardware shipments, conducted 5,600 surveys and enlisted IDC analysts in 38 countries to confirm software piracy trends. “Many factors contribute to regional differences in piracy – the strength of intellectual property protection, the availability of pirated software, cultural differences and IT-related market trends,” said John Gantz, chief research officer at IDC. “There’s no doubt that lowering software piracy takes constant work and investment, but those investments can unlock enormous benefits for the industry and local economies.”
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