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May 14, 2008 worldwide software piracy rates increased overall last year, according to the latest figures from idc and the business software alliance. This article starts by considering the global framework of current open source migration. The business software alliance yesterday released the annual bsaidc global software piracy study, found here. The bsa released its sixth annual global piracy study today and we issued our reaction to it there are some interesting macro level data points in the report the dollar cost of piracy is up. For this study, idc used proprietary statistics for software and hardware. Fourth annual bsa and idc global software piracy study. Meanwhile, piracy continues to plague the music industry. The situation is somewhat different in those parts of the world, which have lower piracy rates. May 2009 sixth annual bsa idc global software 08 piracy study 2. Worldwide software piracy rates increased overall last year, according to the latest figures from idc and the business software alliance. 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. Software piracy occurs within businesses, among colleagues and friends, and in large global counterfeiting rings. Software piracy is a damaging and important moral issue, which is widely believed to be unchecked in particular areas of the globe.
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