The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has found that 57 percent of the world's PC users freely admit that they are stealing software. Well, sort of.
That number is, of course, the average number of a global survey with national averages that vary greatly by region.
According to the BSA, developing countries have far greater piracy rates than developed nations. For example, the piracy rate in the U.S. is just 19 percent, Germany 26 percent and Australia 23 percent. In contrast, India revealed a piracy rate of 63 percent, China 77 percent, and Kenya 78 percent.
The commercial value of the software pirated in the U.S., however, is $9.8 billion and exceeds all other countries. China's staggering piracy rate result in a commercial pirated software value of $8.9 billion.
The aggregate value of pirated software that was in use in 2011 is estimated at $63.4 billion, up from $58.8 billion in 2010.
I used to pirate big time without even paying for content I liked, but I thought to myself it's just more sensible to pay for content I like.
All software and movies I have are purchased in either hard copy or some digital form from legitimate sites. (Like iTunes etc..)
I used to pirate big time without even paying for content I liked, but I thought to myself it's just more sensible to pay for content I like.
All software and movies I have are purchased in either hard copy or some digital form from legitimate sites. (Like iTunes etc..)
if I like the game or the software, I'll pay for it eventhough there are free "options"...
it's not as if EVERY "pirated" software is actually lost sale...
not to mention not EVERY software is available globally due to artificial regional borders and lockdowns...
stop blaming the "pirates"...if you make it easier and better than hassle of locating torrent or finding cracks or serial keys along with possible virus/worm hacked files, then people WILL buy your software...
if they are considered developing, what are we in the US
I don't think I know a single person who doesn't have pirated software of some kind. And I think Denmark's part of the developed world.
this just goes to show that software prices are just going up. Kinda hard to expect someone to pay 60eu's out of a 200-250eu salary, having to pay over 150 just for food and other expenses(like power/heat/water and so on).
I don't know what they're talking about...
lol nice one