ARMENIA AMONG TOP FIVE NATIONS WITH HIGHEST RATE OF PIRACY
ARMENPRESS
May 19 2007
YEREVAN, MAY 16, ARMENPRESS: The Business Software Alliance (BSA),
a global non-profit group aimed at protecting intellectual copyrights,
released on Tuesday a report on software piracy in 102 nations.
Globally, the piracy rate was the same as in 2005 at 35 percent but
the losses increased by more than 15 percent from $34.4 billion in
2005 to $39.5 billion in 2006 due to an increase in the number of
Internet users and market expansion.
According to the report, the top five nations with the highest piracy
rates are Armenia with 95 percent, Moldova with 94 percent, Azerbaijan
with 94 percent, Zimbabwe with 91 percent and Vietnam with 88 percent.
The countries with the lowest rates are the U.S. with 21 percent,
New Zealand with 22 percent, Japan with 25 percent and Denmark with
25 percent. Among the 102 surveyed nations, the piracy rate fell in
62 nations while it increased in 13 nations.
The study found that software piracy rates decreased in newly-emerging
economies and developing countries such as Brazil, China, Russia
and India.
However, damages increased along with the market size and the types
of software being pirated.