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Two industry associations said that 40% of software applications were pirated during 1997 worldwide, resulting in losses to the industry topping $11 billion.




(Online News, 06/16/98 04:49 PM)


Pirates cost industry $11.4B in '97, study says
By Matt Hamblen



Four out of 10 software applications were pirated during 1997 worldwide, according to two software trade associations. The study by the Business Software Alliance and the Software Publishers Association says that out of 574 million software installations, 228 million were pirated.

The amount increased by 2 million over the applications pirated in 1996. Overall, the lost revenue to the industry was $11.4 billion in 1997. In the previous two years, losses actually declined by 16%, because software prices were lower, the groups said. The U.S. suffered the highest dollar losses, followed in order by China, Japan, Korea, Germany, France, Brazil, Italy, Canada and the U.K. Those countries represented two-thirds of all losses





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