Whats the BSAs scorecard for the past decade in India?
When BSA started its work 15 years ago, the piracy rates around the world were higher than they are today as a percentage. The dollar loss is, of course, higher today, as the market is much bigger. The good news is that by working together as an industry, we have been able to get the piracy rate down. The challenge is that in far too many markets it is still way too high. And I will put India and the US as two sides of the same coin. The US, even with a low percentage rate of piracy has the highest dollar loss due to piracy because it is the biggest market. So, even with piracy rates in the low 20s (in percent), that is still a $6 bn a year loss. The USA is one of the most active enforcement campaigners in the world that BSA has, but there is still more to do. India is in early stages. IDC data shows a drop in piracy from 74% to 72%, last year. So, progress is there. But for any country that understands the value of IT and what it can do, it would be surprising that for a country that
