[Vacets-local-dc] [Software piracy in Asia ...]

[Hai Tran]

VIETNAM, CHINA HAVE HIGHEST SOFTWARE PIRACY RATE IN ASIA: REPORT
2005/05/19 18:08:55

Hong Kong, May 19 (CNA) The use of pirated software was the most popular in Vietnam among Asian countries in 2004, with the piracy rate standing at as high as 92 percent, according to a report released Thursday by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) in Hong Kong. China came in second at 90 percent, followed by Indonesia, which registered 87 percent, the report said. It was found that 52 percent of the computer software used in Hong Kong was pirated, which cost software manufacturers US$116 million in losses. The BSA warned that the prevalent piracy activities in Hong Kong will hamper the special administrative region's efforts to develop the island into a knowledge-based economy and a regional center for innovative and information technologies. The report was based on a survey conducted in collaboration with the International Data Corporation in 23 countries last year. According to the BSA in Taiwan on Wednesday, Taiwan's software piracy rate stood at 43 percent for the third
 consecutive year in 2004, for the third lowest figure in Asia after those for Japan and Singapore. (By Lin Yu-kuo and Y.F. Low)



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