Study - Software Piracy growing worldwide
Study - Software Piracy growing worldwide
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QUOTE: Software piracy grew last year, accounting for 41 percent of all PC software installed, with losses to companies estimated at $53 billion, the Business Software Alliance said on Tuesday. Worldwide piracy rates rose from 38 percent of software in business and home computers in 2007 to 41 percent in 2008 despite successes in fighting piracy in China and Russia, according to the study done by market researcher IDC for the BSA. Global PC software sales grew 14 percent last year to $88 billion.