Software piracy rate 2011

Several countries in western europe had higher piracy rates in 2001 compared to 2000, including two of the largest markets, france and germany. Six states responsible for nearly half of all pirated software. Eastern europe russia and the ukraineother cis countries. Software piracy in the uae 2011 bsa global piracy study al. According to a study on software piracy conducted last year for bsa by international planning and research corporation, the united states piracy rate. Pirated software in those markets amounts to about 68 percent, compared. The software piracy rate reports the proportion of installed software that is pirated. The 77 percent illegal usage of pirated software in china compares with the average software piracy rate of 42 percent worldwide in 2011, and 60 percent in asia pacific. Unfortunately, this downward trend in piracy rates has not been. Chinas software piracy rate falls to new low of 77% zdnet. According to the 2011 study, zimbabwe was the nation with the highest piracy rate, at 92 %, while the lowest piracy rate was present in the u.

This represents a large missed opportunity for software publishers as emerging markets represent 56% the worlds new pc shipments. The united states and canada had the lowest piracy rate of the six global regions the surveyed tracked, with a 23 percent piracy rate. The proportion of pirated software on canadian computers is at its lowest ever, a global study has found. Canadas piracy rate for 2010 was 28 per cent, reported the business software alliance in. Reduced software piracy equals billions in economic growth. 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. Fbi director christopher wrays remarks at the department of justice china. The 77 percent illegal usage of pirated software in china compares with the average software piracy rate of 42 percent worldwide in 2011, and. This statistic shows the rate of unlicensed software use in several regions worldwide, from 2009 to 2017. Press releases and other news related to fbi intellectual property theft and piracy investigations and initiatives. Pc shipments to emerging economies where piracy rates. Beijing chinas software piracy rate dropped 2 percentage points from 2009 to 2010, but the commercial value of the illegitimate software last year was up by 1. If you make more copies of the software than the license permits, you are pirating bas 2011. The global piracy rate for pc software hovers at 42 percent.

Eye opening software piracy and license compliance statistics collected by. Software piracy restricted in sa it news africa up to. Denmark at 26% and the united kingdom at 25% were the two countries with the lowest piracy rates. Across the globe, the average piracy rate stood at 43 percent in 20, inching up slightly from 42 percent in 2011. The study, conducted in partnership with idc and ipsos public affairs is based on a survey of 14,700 computer users in 33 countries, including computer users in the uae. Indias software piracy rate is more than double the global average of 35%, standing at 71% at the end of 2006. Why poor countries lead the world in piracy technology. In india, the piracy rate in 2011 fell 1 percentage point to 63 percent. According to the results of the survey, 57% of global pc users pirate software, up from 42% in 2011. Since the study began in 1994, we have seen a steady decrease in the rate of software piracy. Russia ranks second in pirated software users, after china. Emerging markets had an average piracy rate of 68 percent. Software piracy rates and value by country business insider. Apac software piracy rate climbs to 62 percent zdnet.