Bsa has been heavily criticized about the yearly study it publishes about infringement of software. Idc study points to big benefits from software piracy. Software piracy rate up 2% in 2009, study finds cio. The bsaidc global software piracy study covers piracy of all packaged software that runs on personal computers, including desktops, laptops and ultraportables. According to a business software alliance study of global trends in software piracy, in 2005. Global software piracy australian institute of criminology. An earlier idcbsa study indicated that if a drop in the piracy rate of 10 points to 25% would create as many as 2. The bsa global software survey, conducted in partnership with idc, estimates the volume and value of unlicensed software installed on personal computers in 20. Chinas piracy rate dropped four percentage points for the second consecutive year and. Working together, government and industry can help the world.
Software piracy in the uae 2011 bsa global piracy study. Chinas piracy rate dropped four percentage points for the second consecutive year and has dropped ten percentage points in the last three years, from 92% in 2003 to 82% in 2006. Bsas global software survey conducted in partnership with idc, estimates the volume and value of unlicensed software installed on personal computers in 2017, across more than 110. New research exposes the state of global software piracy. A fifth of pc software in the us is pirated help net. Global pc software piracy up because of china, india. Idc was also able to extend bsas view of piracy beyond pc software to categories not covered. This study, produced in collaboration with the international data corporation. Bsa and idc first conducted a software piracy impact study in 2003. The idcnus study was released as part of microsofts play it safe campaign, a global initiative to create greater awareness of the connection between cybersecurity breaches, malware and. In may 2009, idc and business software alliance released their sixth annual global software piracy study. First annual bsa and idc global software piracy study bsa the. Study finds software piracy rife in australia idm magazine.
Software piracy refers to the illegal copying of software and is a persistent issue that has significantly increased in magnitude in recent years crittenden et al, 2007. Alliance in partnership with idc, the it industrys. Table 2 shows the countries with the greatest dollarvalue of pirated software. The 2009 bsaidc global pc software piracy study identi fied a number of trends in the use and impact of unlicensed. Expanding internet access driving software piracy, study says.
The study, focused on the benefits of reducing piracy in 70 countries, is a slight change in focus from past bsaidc studies. The majority of those benefits remain incountry, holleyman said. Sixth annual bsa and idc global software piracy study bsa the. The message is that no country is immune from the impact of software piracy. Europe, yet the losses from software piracy are only four times as much. A previous idcbsa study showed that if the global piracy rate were to drop 10 points to 25%, it would create as many as 2.
Chip taylor the business software alliance bsa, in conjunction with global market intelligence firm idc, released its seventh annual study on software piracy on tuesday. These are the key findings of the sixth annual bsaidc study of personal computer pc software piracy. May 2009 sixth annual bsaidc global software 08 piracy study 2. Business software alliance and idc study shows software. Global software piracy rates remain at 35 per cent, for the third year, despite progress in china, according to research from idc the battle against software piracy seems to be making little. Global software piracy study latest breaking news, pictures, videos, and special reports from the economic times. Global software piracy study blogs, comments and archive news on. Table 2 shows the countries with the greatest dollar. Siemens digital industries software provides information and resources to help you and your organization. During may 2012, the business software alliance bsa, described as the voice of the global commercial software industry, published the 2011 bsa global software piracy study. Bsas firstofitskind framework is a flexible and holistic approach to guide and assess efforts to enhance software security. Worldwide, 35% of all software put into use on pcs was pirated.
Fourth annual bsa and idc global software piracy study 5 some observations from this years study. A higher percent of consumers and small businesses in the customer base tends to drive piracy up. Bsas study estimates the volume and value of unlicensed software installed on personal computers across more than 110 national and regional economies. Fifth annual bsa and idc global software piracy study 4 the mix of pc market segments. Software piracy on the rise, study finds informationweek. Given the link between unlicensed software and malware infections, this creates enormous cyberrisk. These are among the findings of the fifth annual global pc software piracy study released today by the business software alliance bsa, an international association representing the software industry and. The idc global software piracy study covers all packaged software that runs on personal computers, including desktops, laptops and ultraportables. Consumers with reduced spending power will likely delay purchasing new computers. Idc analyzed 182 sets of data from 111 countries around the world to develop the software piracy study. Fourth annual bsa and idc global software piracy study. The business software alliance bsa revenue numbers reported in their sixth annual bsaidc global software piracy study have been widely criticized and with good reason. This information sheet discusses the rates of software piracy in selected countries around the world. The study notes the global economic recession is having a mixed impact on software piracy.
That projection has been confirmed by actual experience. But piracy remains a serious problem in all countries. The sixth annual bsaidc global piracy study shows that were making progress in stopping the illegal use of personal computer pc software products around the world. Kenyas software piracy rate fell by onepercentage point last year to settle at 79percent according to the seventh annual global software piracy study released by the business software alliance bsa, an international association representing the global software industry, in partnership with market research firm international data corporation idc. The purpose of this study is to understand the software piracy from islamic perspective. These are the key findings of a global software piracy study released. Third annual bsa and idc global software piracy study.
Its a useful insight that offers interesting data about the business development opportunities some. This study examines crossnational differences in relation to software piracy between a zambian and a south africa student sample on components of banduras social cognitive theory. This includes operating systems, systems software such as databases and security packages, business applications and consumer applications such as pc games, personal finance and reference software. Bsas global software survey conducted in partnership with idc, estimates the volume and value of unlicensed software installed on personal computers in 2017, across more than 110 national and regional economies. Bsas global software survey underscore the benefits of implementing.
A 2008 idc study predicted that lowering pc software piracy by 10 points over four years would create 600,000 additional new jobs worldwide. Bsas global software survey conducted in partnership with idc, estimates the volume and value of unlicensed software installed on personal computers in 2015, across more than 110 national and. Asia pacific is also lower than the aggregate of all eastern. Bsa study finds pc software piracy declining in emerging. Over half of the worlds personal computer users 57 percent admit to pirating software. Rates of pirated software ranged from a high of 93% in armenia to a low of 20% in the united states, according to the 2007 bsa and idc global software piracy study. In more than half the countries studied, piracy was.
New research forecasts the staggering cost of cybercrime. John gantz, chief research officer at idc, notes that consumers with reduced spending power may hold on. Current information on digital piracy cs1105 group. Kenyas software piracy rate fell by onepercentage point last year to settle at 79percent according to the seventh annual global software piracy study released by the business software alliance bsa, an international association representing the global software industry, in partnership with market research firm international data corporation. Software piracy rate remains steady in 2005 infoworld. Read more about software in network worlds software section. Since then, six countries have lowered their piracy. Opsec protects your entire brand continuum, covering every facet of your products life cycle. Comparing software piracy in south africa and zambia using. The global economic recession is having a mixed impact on software piracy, according to idc.
154 1036 1150 1351 116 370 348 1556 1240 904 1491 901 369 1289 1056 194 57 1428 491 656 507 1021 1055 1311 1266 475 1346 659 1242 1019 256 33 1215 446