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Global Software Piracy Study
Sixth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study
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| Click on player above to watch an introduction to the study by BSA President & CEO Robert Holleyman. |  Click here for Podcast. |
Working together, governments, software companies, and BSA are making progress in stopping the illegal theft and use of PC software products. But piracy remains a serious problem in all countries. The key findings of this study are:
- Piracy down in many nations: 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.
- Piracy up on a global basis: However, the worldwide PC software piracy rate rose for the second year in a row, from 38 percent to 41 percent, largely because PC shipments grew fastest in high-piracy countries such as China and India.
- Dollar losses up: The retail value of unlicensed software — representing revenue “losses” to software companies — broke the $50 billion level for the first time in 2008. Worldwide losses grew by 11 percent to $53 billion. Excluding the effect of exchange rates, losses grew by 5 percent to $50.2 billion.
- Sixth Annual Global Software Piracy Study (pdf)
- Study in Brief (pdf)
- Global Press Release (pdf)
Other Recent BSA Reports:
- Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study
- IT Competitiveness Study: Conducted by Economist Intelligence Unit, 2008
- 2008 IDC Piracy Impact Study: Economic Benefits of Reducing PC Software Piracy
