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PC Software Piracy Decreases Worldwide, But Remains Rampant (torrentfreak.com)

Posted by msmash on from the closer-look dept.

An anonymous reader writes: A new report published by The Software Alliance shows that usage of pirated PC software is decreasing worldwide. While this is a positive trend for the industry, piracy remains rampant in many countries. This includes Libya, where a massive 90 percent of all software is used without permission.

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  1. The real pirates... by blahplusplus · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ... are the tech industry, the videogame industry especially with the rise of the internet is basically making broken fraudulent/products and upping the corporate propaganda campaign to sell microtransactions and loot boxes and that requires basically stealing the software. Diablo 3, starcraft 2 and now even starcraft 1 with the latest patch now have drm in them - aka - the software you paid for now requires permission from another computer and violates your privacy at the same time.

    No thanks the mass of tech illiterate idiots that came online high speed internet.