According to the Business Software Alliance, software piracy in 2008 created $53 billion in losses for software companies.

The group also stated that 41 percent of all PCs in the world is running some form of pirated software in 2008.  This figure is up from the 38 percent in 2007.

Source:  Diane Bartz, “Study finds software piracy growing,” Reuters, May 12, 2009.

According to the Business Software Alliance, 80 percent of all software used in China in 2008 was pirated. The software piracy rate was down from the 90 percent reported in 2004.

Source:  Bruce Einhorn, “Software Industry Loses Patience with China,” BusinessWeek, March 10, 2010.

In 2009, one-quarter of all stores selling software in Russia were selling pirated copies of Windows, according to Microsoft.

Source:  Associated Press, “Microsoft: Pirated software still in Russian shops,” San Jose Mercury News, February 8, 2010.

According to Microsoft, one-third of all Windows users around the world are using pirated copies.

Source: “Windows pirates encouraged to install security patches,” Technology Live, USA Today, February 1, 2010.

Due to the high level of software piracy in China, Microsoft is only able to receive about 2 percent of the global revenues from China despite the country consisting of 18 percent of all PC shipments.

Source:  Loretta Chao, “In Piracy Case, China Fights Hero,” Wall Street Journal, September 1, 2009.

Below is the estimated losses sustain to selected countries by software piracy as of 2008.  The figures are from the 2008 Business Software Alliance Global Software Piracy Study released in May 2009 unless noted.

Cambodia figure from US State Department, “2009 Investment Climate Statement-Cambodia,” February 2009.

At the World Copyright Summit in Washington, D.C., US Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) stated that piracy of movies, music, software and video games costs the US economy $58 billion a yer.

Source:  AFP, “Calls for united action at World Copyright Summit,” Google News, June 9, 2009.

Software piracy and other forms of copyright piracy costs the Zimbabwe economy up to $4 million a year.

Up to 92 percent of all software used in Zimbabwe is pirated, according to the Business Software Alliance.

Source:  Ish Mafundikawa, “Zimbabwe Among Top Software Piracy Countries,” Voice of America News, June 4, 2009.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of South Korea has stated that the software piracy rate in the country stands at 23.4 percent.

Source:  “Wii System Sales Reach 500,000 in Korea,” Nintendo World Report, May 9, 2009.

The Indonesia office of the Business Software Alliance (BSA) is stating that the country lost $550 million in revenue to software piracy in 2008.  This figure is a 33 percent increase from the estimated $411 million in losses to piracy in 2007. 

The BSA is forecasting that Indonesia will lose up to $600 million in 2009. 

Source: “Piracy costs software industry US$500m,” Jakarta Post, February 25, 2009.