For every two dollars worth of software purchased legitimately, one dollars worth was obtained illegally. May 17, 2012 the business software alliance released its annual global software piracy report this week with new data that not only shows that canada hit yet another alltime low but has experienced the biggest percentage decline in the world over the past five years. Sep 12, 2011 the automated piracy reporting site requires me to enter the date i purchased the software, but i never did, all i received was an email so it never completes my report. Bsa the software alliance bsa is the leading advocate for the global software industry. The bsa supported the highly controversial us stop online piracy act sopa.
Bsa australia settles 14 cases of software piracy in 2012. A change in the winds for software piracy epicenter. May 15, 2011 intellectual property violations in the software industry reached a new high in 2010, increasing 14 percent over the previous year, according to a study published recently by the business software alliance. For the past few years, the bsa report has repeatedly found that piracy is declining in. The global piracy rate for pc software was 42 percent in 2010.
Bsa is not obligated to provide you with information on the progress of any action taken as a result of your report. Efforts to lower piracy can pay off in incremental ways, but only if they are sustained over time. How can i confirm that youve received my software piracy report. These are the results of the business software alliance s bsa annual study of global trends in software piracy, the fourth conducted by idc, the it industrys leading global. Not onlly is it illegal, it increases security risks and results in economic harm such as loss of jobs and tax revenue. Sixth annual bsa idc global software piracy study 1 2008 was another year of mixed progress in the fight against pc software piracy. That is the secondhighest global piracy rate bsa has found in the eight years it has been conducting annual studies with leading. Eighth annual bsa global software piracy study among the other key findings of the 2010 bsa global software piracy study. During may 2012, the business software alliance bsa, described as the voice of the global commercial software industry, published the 2011 bsa global software piracy study. Software piracy is the unauthorized copying or distribution of ed software by duplicating, downloading, sharing, selling, or installing multiple copies onto personal or work computers. Mar 27, 2010 mgt 440 international buisness name of the case. According to the bsa s fifthannual study on global software piracy, of the 108 countries that are covered in the may 2008 report, the use of pirated software dropped in 67 countries. This compared with 2009 when it received 95 reports of pirated software use.
Even though most countries in asia have improved their control of software piracy, the high piracy countries in this region are growing faster. On average, software piracy has increased in the asiapacific region to 61 percent of total devices in 2015 from 59 percent in 2009 bsa, the software alliance, 2016. Eighth annual bsa global software piracy study 2 among the other key findings of the 2010 bsa global software piracy study. The study, conducted in partnership with idc and ipsos public affairs is based on a survey of 14,700 computer users in 33 countries, including computer users in the uae. The global piracy rate for pc software hovers at 42 percent. For the first time, pc shipments to emerging economies outpaced those to mature markets, 174 million to 173 million. Bsa reserves the right to determine whether and how to pursue your report.
May 11, 2010 the bsa idc report also states that it was a pretty good year for the fight against piracy, despite the fact that the global piracy rate rose two percentage points 41 percent up to 43 percent. In their sixth annual piracy study, the business software alliance bsa provided compelling evidence that software piracy continues to be a global problem. In the global market for personal computers, 2010 was a watershed year. Provide information on how genuine software should be packaged and distributed provide information on additional resources for helping to ensure the acquisition of genuine software send out educational materials about software piracy verify suspicious counterfeit product for customers provide technical support for genuine retail licenses. Just six years ago, the commercial value of the pc software that was being pirated in emerging economies accounted for less than a third of the world total.
Up to 35% of all pc software installed in 2004 was pirated, resulting in a. Software piracy on the enterprise level has climbed up globally with a slightly upward trend 43% this year compared to last years 42%, but wait until you read about the state of piracy in southeast asia. That remains the secondhighest global piracy rate we have seen since partnering with the leading marketresearch firm idc in 2003 to conduct these annual studies of software piracy. This has led to calls from various online communities that bsa members should be boycotted as a result of their perceived attack on the internets underlying structure. Software piracy in the uae 2011 bsa global piracy study al. Working together, government and industry can help the world. May 12, 2011 for example, the bsaidc piracy impact study found in 2010 that reducing the global piracy rate for pc software by 10 percentage points 2. In addition, a bsa team member may reach out to you over the next 72 hours if we have any further questions regarding the information provided within your report. The business software alliance managed to settle 16 software piracy cases in 20, an alltime best for the global software advocate. Business software alliance, share of unlicensed software in different.
Chinas software piracy rate falls to new low of 77%. Software piracy is a serious issue that has been affecting software companies for decades. Software piracy is escalating in value even though large majorities of pc users around the world believe in intellectual property rights and prefer legal software to pirated software. The good news is that the rate of pc software piracy dropped in 57 52 percent of the 110 countries studied and remained stable in another 39 countries 35 percent. Software piracy occurred across a range of industries including design, services, architecture, software development and media. The report on piracy is published one day before a chinese court hands out the severest penalty ever for an intellectual property. Jun 23, 2008 according to the bsa s fifthannual study on global software piracy, of the 108 countries that are covered in the may 2008 report, the use of pirated software dropped in 67 countries. Bsa catches more businesses in the software piracy act. Bsa the software alliance is the leading advocate for the global software industry before governments and in the international marketplace. Bsa s study estimates the volume and value of unlicensed software installed on personal computers across more than 110 national and regional economies. Global legal and illegal computer software 20092017.
You will receive an email reply from bsa soon after submitting your antipiracy report. Advertisement mpr0x used our newssubmit to tell us that the bsa today announced the results of its sixth annual benchmark survey on global software piracy. In completing the form below, you can easily and confidentially help us to end software piracy in the us. Corporate software piracy highest in indonesia, lowest in. According to the 2011 bsa global software piracy study, australias software piracy rates are decreasing at the rate of 1 per cent every year. Searching for further explanations article pdf available in journal of business ethics 872. Eighth annual global software piracy study bsa the. Bsa s firstofitskind framework is a flexible and holistic approach to guide and assess efforts to enhance software security. How do i report to microsoft an offer of pirated software. A reward will only be paid in the event of a successful action against the company, followed by a successful civil settlement. At bsa the software alliance, we believe developers should be compensated for the products they create. On that score, at least, 2010 might fairly be considered the year in which the worlds emerging economies stopped merely emerging.
The business software alliance bsa, an international software publishers association, placed the global software piracy rate at 39 percent in 2002, down from 40 percent the year before, and. Essay about global software piracy case study 631 words. According to the bsa business software alliance and idc 6th annual global software piracy study, the retail value of unlicensed software representing revenue losses to software. Bsa catches more businesses in the software piracy act zdnet. Its members are among the worlds most innovative companies, creating software solutions that spark the economy and improve modern life. For example, the bsa idc piracy impact study found in 2010 that reducing the global piracy rate for pc software by 10 percentage points 2. The bsa idc report also states that it was a pretty good year for the fight against piracy, despite the fact that the global piracy rate rose two percentage points 41 percent up to 43 percent. This case is taking software piracy under the light that explained at the end of the third chapter of the book international business environments and operations by daniels in the 11th edition.
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