Calling BS On the BSA Global Piracy Report

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday May 17, 2009 @05:35AM from the i-think-that-stands-for-bachelor-of-skepticism dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Business Software Alliance released their annual global piracy report earlier this week. In addition to the usual claims of software piracy (PDF) and the grudging acknowledgment of open source software, Michael Geist noted that the report ultimately undermined one of the BSA's core arguments — that countries which enact DMCA-style legislation experience significantly reduced piracy rates. Questions have also been raised over the BSA's methodology, as has happened in the past."

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BSA Methodology: Make it up as you go along... by Jens+Bergqvist · 2009-05-17 06:20 · Score: 5, Informative

Earlier in the week BSA representatives here in Sweden all but admitted that the figures for Sweden were made up.
http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.229795/bsa-hoftade-sverigesiffror (sorry, link in Swedish only)
They used a combination of general estimates and figures for other countries. No Swedish businesses were involved in the study at all...