More than a third of the software on the world’s PCs has been pirated from its makers, according to a study released yesterday by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), whose members include Adobe, Apple, Cisco Systems, IBM and Microsoft. The annual study — this year conducted for the first time by IDC of Framingham, Massachusetts — showed that 36 percent of all software installed on the world’s personal computers in 2003 was pirated, which cost software makers some US$29 billion in revenue.
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Worldwide Software Piracy Losses: $29 Billion
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. July 8, 2004 07:58 AMMore than a third of the software on the world’s PCs has been pirated from its makers, according to a study released yesterday by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), whose members include Adobe, Apple, Cisco Systems, IBM and Microsoft. The annual study — this year conducted for the first time by IDC of Framingham, Massachusetts — showed that 36 percent of all software installed on the world’s personal computers in 2003 was pirated, which cost software makers some US$29 billion in revenue.