Software piracy rate up 2% in 2009, study finds cio. May 11, 2010 the 2009 bsaidc global pc software piracy study covers piracy of all software that runs on pcs, including desktops, laptops, and ultraportables, including netbooks. The article discusses the ustrs, 2010 special 301 report and the bsas seventh annual bsaidc global software piracy study for 2010 as two authoritative benchmarks of the arab gulf states performance in regional protection. The 2011 bsaidc global software piracy study projected that. Meanwhile, indigenous innovation policies have threatened to officially exclude foreign firms from key market sectors. Worldwide, 35% of all software put into use on pcs was pirated. The article discusses the ustrs, 2010 special 301 report and the bsas seventh annual bsaidc global software piracy study for 2010 as two authoritative benchmarks of the arab gulf states. In may 2009, idc released its sixth annual global software piracy study. The bsaidc report also states that it was a pretty good year for the fight against piracy, despite the fact that the global piracy rate rose two percentage points 41 percent up to 43 percent.
Piracy is limiting it innovation, job creation, local economic growth and is robbing governments of vital tax revenues. Antisoftware piracy advocacy video by nef luczon youtube. It also reveals key attitudes and behaviors related to software licensing, intellectual property, and emerging technologies based on a global survey of more than 24,000 respondents. Prnewswire the business software alliance bsa revenue numbers reported in the 2010 bsaidc piracy impact study.
Thus, by tweaking the piracy rate up or down, bsaidc can estimate how much it thinks a countrys softwarerelated services monetarylossduetopiracy rate will rise or fall. The bsaidc global piracy study shows there was some progress in the global fight against software piracy in 2009 a but incremental change is not enough, said al redha. Among the other key findings of the 2010 bsa global software piracy study. This paper is an extension of the debate on the nexus between the strength of iprs and prospects for knowledge economy.
Bsas global software survey conducted in partnership with idc, estimates the volume and value of unlicensed software installed on personal computers in 2017, across more than 110 national and regional economies. Meanwhile, indigenous innovation policies have threatened to officially exclude. Despite the global economic recession, piracy of software on pcs declined in many markets, dropping in 54 economies and increasing in only 19, according to the 2009 bsaidc global pc software piracy study. Mar 18, 2010 in may 2009, idc released its sixth annual global software piracy study. Working together, government and industry can help the world.
While these suggestions will protect you from virus and hackers it dose not solve the issue of software piracy. The first annual bsa and idc global software bsa, 2004, was the first. It noted that one of the primary forces that reduced piracy in many countries was education source. July 20, 2010 this is the commissions sixth report issued under section 706 of the telecommunications act of 1996, as amended, which requires the commission to determine annually whether. Idc study sponsored by business software alliance, sixth annual bsaidc global software 08 piracy study, may 2009.
Uschina jcct talks represent an inflection point bsa techpost. My midterm project for my graduate course master in development in communication at the university of the philippines open university upou under the course is201 computer ethics. Security threats rank as top reason not to use unlicensed software, bsa survey finds. For example, the bsaidc piracy impact study found in 2010 that reducing the global piracy rate for pc software by 10 percentage points 2. Jul 29, 2014 eighth annual bsa global software 2010 piracy study seventh annual bsaidc global software 09 piracy study look at the headline of the press release announcing this years report.
Software piracy prevention through sms gateway springerlink. Bsas firstofitskind framework is a flexible and holistic approach to guide and assess efforts to enhance software security. The report also cited back to the 2010 bsaidc piracy impact study, which concluded that reducing the global piracy rate by 10% over four years would generate half a million new jobs. Global software piracy study how is global software piracy. However, the global piracy rate increased from 41 to 43 percent, largely the result of fast. These are the key findings of the sixth annual bsaidc study of personal computer pc software piracy around the world. Pc software piracy decreases in hungary the budapest. Piracy is limiting it innovation, job creation, local economic growth and is.
Idc says lowering software piracy by just 10 percentage points during the. Aug 07, 2010 my midterm project for my graduate course master in development in communication at the university of the philippines open university upou under the course is201 computer ethics. The report estimates that for every usd 100 worth of legitimate software. The bottom line is that the scope of software piracy is tremendous and, especially in emerging markets, on the rise. Bsas study estimates the volume and value of unlicensed software installed on personal computers across more than 110 national and regional economies. Sep 15, 2010 thus, by tweaking the piracy rate up or down, bsaidc can estimate how much it thinks a countrys softwarerelated services monetarylossduetopiracy rate will rise or fall. The report also cited back to the 2010 bsa idc piracy impact study, which concluded that reducing the global piracy rate by 10% over four years would generate half a million new jobs.
Bsa offers companies a stateoftheart training course and certification program called sam advantage, which teaches them how to avoid piracy in the first place. Since the first bsaidc global software piracy study, egypts piracy rating has fallen year on year, resulting in a lower piracy rating than some of the other leading global outsourcing locations including india 68%. Software issues top the agenda for uschina trade bsa techpost. May 15, 2010 the bsaidc global piracy study shows there was some progress in the global fight against software piracy in 2009 a but incremental change is not enough, said al redha. The 2009 bsaidc global pc software piracy study covers piracy of all software that runs on pcs, including desktops, laptops, and ultraportables, including netbooks.
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Seventh annual bsaidc global software piracy study, business software alliance, washington d. Impact study found in 2010 that reducing the global piracy rate for pc software by 10 percentage points. Bsas global software survey conducted in partnership with idc, estimates the volume and value of unlicensed software installed on personal computers in 2015, across more than 110 national and regional economies. The rate of personal computer pc software piracy dropped in 2008 in about half 57 of the 110 countries studied, remained the same in about a third 36, and rose in just 16. It assesses the relationships between software piracy and scientific publications in african countries for which data is. May 15, 2011 eighth annual bsa global software piracy study among the other key findings of the 2010 bsa global software piracy study. There are many ways software companys can reduce software piracy such as reducing cots of product, online validation, publish your own fake pirated version of your software that informs the police of who downloaded it. Business software alliance bsa piracy impact study inflates. Many people believed the recession would drive pc users to deploy unlicenced software to help save money, the business software alliance bsa idc. Prnewswire the business software alliance bsa revenue numbers reported in the 2010 bsa idc piracy impact study. The business software alliance yesterday released the annual bsaidc global software piracy study, found here. Eighth annual bsa global software 2010 piracy study seventh annual bsaidc global software 09 piracy study look at the headline of the press release announcing this years report.
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