Ads By Google Survey Software Suvey software to create surveys gather data and create reports www. surveymethods. com Results of the fifth annual benchmark survey on global software piracy were released recently, highlighting the serious impact of copyright infringement to the software industry. Piracy losses exceeded $12 billion worldwide in 1999 and topped $59 billion during the past five years.
The survey, conducted by an independent research firm, was commissioned by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA).The 1999 software piracy estimates indicate that more than one in every three-business software applications in use during 1999 was pirated. Piracy losses for the US and Canada lead every other region of the world at $3. 6 billion, or 26 percent of the total. The continuing problem means lost jobs, wages, tax revenues, and a potential barrier to success for software start-ups around the globe.
"Software piracy continues unabated, robbing the industry of thousands of jobs, billions in wages, tax revenues and critical investments in new technologies," according to Robert Holleyman, president and CEO
