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Azerbaijan among top three highest-piracy countries

21 May 2008 [13:02] - TODAY.AZ
Although the piracy rate of PC software experienced decline in many countries in 2007, fast growing PC markets in some of the world’s highest piracy nations caused overall numbers to worsen—a trend that is expected to continue, said the fifth annual global PC software piracy study released today by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), an international association representing the software industry and its hardware partners.

The study was conducted by IDC, the information technology industry’s leading global market research and forecasting firm.

Of the 108 countries included in the report, the use of pirated software dropped in sixty-seven, and rose in only eight. However, because the worldwide PC market grew fastest in high-piracy countries, the worldwide PC software piracy rate increased by three percentage points to 38% in 2007.

"By the end of 2007, there were more than 1 billion PCs installed around the world, and close to half had pirated, unlicensed software on them," said John Gantz, chief research officer at IDC.

Among the nations studied, Russia led the way with a one-year drop of seven points to 73%, and a five-year drop of 14 points. Russia’s piracy rate is still high, but it is decreasing at a fast pace as a result of legalization programs, government engagement and enforcement, user education, and an improved economy.

The three lowest-piracy countries were the United States (20%), Luxembourg (21%), and New Zealand (22%). The three highest-piracy countries were Armenia (93%), Bangladesh (92%), and Azerbaijan (92%).

/APA/
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