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Software Piracy Will Get Worse

Posted by Zonk on from the arrr-drm'd-music-off-the-port-bow dept.

gollum123 writes "According to a study done by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and research firm IDC, it is likely that software piracy will continue to expand as the Internet grows. Worldwide revenue loss due to software piracy was estimated at $33 billion for 2004 with about 1/3 of the software used being illegal. But within five years, that number could boom to two-thirds, with the value of pirated software nearing US$200 billion. Countries with the highest piracy rates were Vietnam, Ukraine, China, Zimbabwe and Indonesia while United States, New Zealand, Austria, Sweden and the United Kingdom had the lowest."

3 of 484 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Insightful research! by Ecko7889 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The cure for cancer is not worth the money it takes. Cures are not the answer, atleast to those providing the "longevity medication". The RIAA can't sue for millions once the piracy scheme is over, they will have to find reasonable ways to actually make money. Only then will they stop making B$.

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  2. Re:So? by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's the goddammed fucking yankees who are in the bubble.

  3. Re:Growing Trend? by B'Trey · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    NumberOfPiratedApps == (NumberOfComputersSold * ExpectedAppsPerMachine) - NumberOfAppsLicensesSold

    "==" is a comparison operator. You want an assignment - a single "=".

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