Data For: software piracy


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Software piracy creates losses of $53 billion

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.

Software piracy rate in China in 2008

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.

Percentage of stores in Russia selling pirated copies of Windows

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.

Number of pirated Windows worldwide

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.

China market only gives Microsoft 2 percent of sales

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.

2008 Software Piracy losses by Country

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.

Country

Market Value

1

United States

9.14 Billion

2

China

6.67 Billion

3

Russia

4.21 Billion

4

India

2.768 Billion

5

France

2.760 Billion

6

Germany

2.15 Billion

7

United Kingdom

2.18 Billion

8

Italy

1.89 Billion

9

Brazil

1.64 Billion

10

Japan

1.49 Billion

11

Canada

1.22 Billion

12

Spain

1.02 Billion

13

Mexico

823 Million

14

Poland

648 Million

15

South Korea

622 Million

16

Australia

613 Million

17

Thailand

609 Million

18

Netherlands

563 Million

19

Indonesia

544 Million

20

Ukraine

534 Million

21

Venezuela

484 Million

22

Turkey

468 Million

23

Sweden

372 Million

24

Malaysia

368 Million

25

Switzerland

345 Million

26

Argentina

339 Million

27

South Africa

335 Million

28

Saudi Arabia

272 Million

29

Vietnam

257 Million

30

Romania

249 Million

31

Greece

238 Million

32

Norway

229 Million

33

Denmark

215 Million

34

Portugal

212 Million

35

Iraq

205 Million

36

Chile

202 Million

36

Philippines

202 Million

38

Taiwan

201 Million

39

Finland

194 Million

40

Israel

172 Million

41

United Arab Emirates

170 Million

42

Czech Republic

168 Million

43

Singapore

163 Million

44

Pakistan

159 Million

45

Egypt

158 Million

46

Hungary

146 Million

47

Bulgaria

139 Million

48

Colombia

136 Million

49

Nigeria

132 Million

50

Ireland

118 Million

51

Bangladesh

102 Million

52

Peru

84 Million

53

New Zealand

75 Million

54

Morocco

70 Million

55

Lebanon

49 Million

55

Guatemala

49 Million

57

Cambodia

47 Million

58

Dominican Republic

43 Million

59

Moldova

40 Million

60

Ecuador

37 Million

61

Kenya

31 Million

62

Costa Rica

24 Million

63

Jordan

22 Million

64

Bolivia

20 Million

65

Ivory Coast

15 Million

66

Zimbabwe

4 Million

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

58 billion lost to US economy due to copyright piracy

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.

Piracy costs Zimbabwe $4 million a year

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.

Software Piracy rate in South Korea

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.

$550 million in losses to software piracy in Indonesia

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. 

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