MPr0x used our newssubmit to tell us that the BSA today announced the results of its sixth annual benchmark survey on global software piracy. The independent study highlights the serious impact of copyright infringement with piracy losses nearing $11.8 billion worldwide in 2000.
International Planning and Research Corp. (IPR), an independent research firm, conducted the survey for BSA. The software piracy estimates indicate that one in every three business software applications was pirated in 2000. The continuing software piracy problem signifies lost jobs, wages, tax revenues and a potential barrier to innovation and product development around the world. |
"Although the piracy rates in several regions and countries have decreased, software piracy continues to rob the global marketplace of hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions in wages and tax revenues," said Robert Holleyman, President and CEO, Business Software Alliance. "In an effort to curb software piracy worldwide, BSA continues to implement educational and enforcement activities and works with governments around the world in support our efforts to address the software piracy problem."
Besides this study they will also have the second annual 'BSA Sweeps Week'. In this week they will work their way trough the whole United States in their search for pirated software.
This week also marks the second annual BSA Sweeps Week in the United States. Starting today, BSA is sweeping across the United States, starting on the East Coast, winding its way through the country's midsection and ending up on the West Coast, as it announces more than 36 U.S. settlements totaling $2.5 million. U.S. Sweeps states include New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, Texas, Colorado, Arizona, and California. |
You can also read their report on piracy in the year 2000 with numbers and other data they gathered. Don't forget that the BSA is mostly after companies and doesn't care about your MP3 and DivX collection that you might have illegaly obtained.
Source: BSA.org
