May 18, 2005
In 5 Years, 2/3 of Software May be Pirated
Due to the advent for more piracy on the internet, IDC and the Business Software Alliance predicted in 5 years 2/3 of all software will be pirated as opposed to 1/3 today.It showed that while the piracy rate globally fell by one percentage point to 35 percent last year, it increased in value to $32.7 billion from $28.8 billion in 2003. The study covering 87 countries, and based on IDC's data for software and hardware shipments and thousands of interviews, showed that while global software turnover was $59 billion in 2004, the value of software installed was over $90 billion.
