Globally, whats the rate of software piracy?
According to the BSA Annual Global Piracy report for the year 2001, the software piracy rates worldwide stood at 40 percent. This implies that four out of every 10 software programs worldwide are being pirated. And this translates into losses of $10.97 billion. As far as piracy rates in different countries are concerned; in the US it is 25 percent, in Asia Pacific 54 percent, Japan 27 percent, Korea 48 percent and China 92 percent. And dollar losses in Asia Pacific alone amounted to $4.8 billion in 2001. Regions having higher piracy rates are Eastern Europe and Africa. What s your perception about the level of piracy in India? India is a huge country and a large number of users here are using pirated software. India is ranked at 23 in the list of 25 countries that lead the world in software piracy. However, in terms of piracy growth it is ranked second among the top 25 countries. The piracy rate in India shot up to 70 percent in 2001 from 63 percent in 2000. And this translated into re
