BSA Creates Piracy Statistics

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday June 4, 2003 @02:09AM from the thin-air dept.

JakiChan writes "According to this story on Yahoo! news the BSA commissioned a study that decided that 39% of all business software is pirated, down from 40%. The decline is attributed to the BSA's enforcement techniques. 'The piracy rate was calculated by comparing the researchers' estimates on demand with data on actual software sales.'" In other words, some guys sat in a room and decided that people probably wanted to buy ten copies of software, but only five were sold, so the piracy rate must therefore be 50%. By a similar process we can calculate that 99% of all ocean-front homes are pirated.

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let's get it out of the way, right now! by sweeney37 · 2003-06-04 02:11 · Score: 0, Redundant

43% of all statistics are worthless.

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I KNEW IT by StAugustineLovesYou · 2003-06-04 02:34 · Score: 0, Redundant

I always new the BSA were just a secret society of pirates!
LOWER THY SAILS AND RELINQUISH THY MERIT BADGES!

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How about... by Bull999999 · 2003-06-04 03:02 · Score: 1, Redundant

There are far more demand for Ferraris then Ferrari sales. Therefore, 40% of Ferraris out there are pirated versions.

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