Software Piracy falls in Pakistan & Top 12 Countries

Monday, May 19th, 2008 | Internet News

The software piracy rate has slightly dropped in Pakistan from 86 per cent to 84 per cent, after remaining unchanged over the past two years, which would benefit the country in many ways, a latest international study states.

The software piracy rate in Pakistan has come down at a time when globally it recorded a three per cent increase to 38 per cent in 2007, which has increased piracy-related losses to nearly $48 billion against $40 billion in 2006.

The Fifth Annual Global Software Piracy Study, released by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) here on Friday, noted that piracy-related losses had gone down to $125 million in Pakistan against $143 million in 2006.

With 84 per cent piracy, Pakistan now ranks 13th among top 25 countries with the highest piracy rates against No 7 last year.

It followed

  1. Armenia (93pc)
  2. Bangladesh (92pc)
  3. Azerbaijan (92pc)
  4. Moldova (92pc)
  5. Zimbabwe (91pc)
  6. Sri Lanka (90pc)
  7. Yemen (89pc)
  8. Libya (88pc)
  9. Venezuela (87pc)
  10. Vietnam (85pc)
  11. Iraq (85pc)
  12. Indonesia (84pc)

Source: Ahmad’s Blog

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