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Software Piracy Rate Drops By 2 Points in India
By
ChannelTimes Staff
Mumbai, May 25, 2006
India, along with Russia and China, has registered significant drop in software piracy rates in 2005. While India's piracy rate declined two points, Russia and China saw a four point drop in its PC software piracy rates.
According to the Business Software Alliance's (BSA) annual global PC software piracy study, the improvements in these markets indicate education, enforcement and policy efforts are beginning to pay off.
BSA is an international association of the world's leading software developers. The independent study was conducted by IDC, the information technology industry's leading global market research and forecasting firm.
Robert Holleyman, BSA president & CEO, said, "The progress made in reducing PC software piracy in several emerging markets provides some encouragement; however, much more needs to be done. With more than one out of every three copies of PC software obtained illegally, piracy continues to threaten the future of software innovation, resulting in lost jobs and tax revenues."
Thirty-five percent of the packaged software installed on personal computers worldwide in 2005 was illegal, amounting to $34 billion in global losses due to software piracy.
Commenting on the Asia piracy rate, Jeffrey Hardee, vice president & regional director for Asia, said, "While the average Asia piracy rate increased by 1 point to 54 percent this year, the piracy rates in six Asia economies declined. China led the way with a four-point drop, followed by India, Singapore and Vietnam with two points reductions.
"The reason for the rise in the average rate for the region lies in the growth of the PC markets in China and India, which grew from a combined 27 percent of the Asia Pacific market in 2004 to 29 percent in 2005. Hence, despite the reductions in many Asian economies, including China and India, a higher percentage of PCs shipped into these two countries had the mathematical effect of dragging the Asia Pacific average upward toward the China/India average."
According to Hardee, most economies in the region are well-positioned to bring about significant reductions in piracy in the coming years.
Commenting on the specific findings for India, Ajay Advani, co-chair of BSA India Committee, said, "We are moving in the right direction albeit slowly. Hopefully, we will see more support from both state and federal governments to help reduce the piracy rate. Only then can we see major drops in the piracy rate like some other Asian countries, notably China, have enjoyed."
He added, "According to an economic impact study by the IDC and published last December, if we are able to reduce the piracy rate from the current 72 percent to 64 percent by 2009, India will see some 115,000 new IT jobs, an additional US$5.9 billion pumped into its economy and increased tax revenues of US$386 million."
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Fanstastic Work being done by BSA and Ajay Advani -- keep it up guys. |
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- Anonymous,
AIL, Delhi
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