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Bulgarian software piracy remains at 68 per cent - BSA report

Tue, May 12 2009 18:00 CET byRene Beekman 1047 Views
Bulgarian software piracy remains at 68 per cent - BSA report

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The Business Software Alliance (BSA) annual report on worldwide software piracy said total revenue losses for 2008 were more than $50 billion.

Bulgarian software piracy was estimated to have contributed $139 million in lost revenue.

Between 2005 and 2007, the BSA estimates saw software piracy in Bulgaria gradually decline from 71 to 68 per cent, but for 2008, it remained at that level.

Despite this, the estimated loss had increased by 121 per cent to $139 million dollar, a media statement by the Bulgarian branch of the BSA said. The report did not go into details as to what this increase should be attributed to.

The BSA report was prepared by IDC and contained software piracy estimates for 110 countries worldwide. According to the report, software piracy rates had dropped in about 57 per cent of the countries, while 16 per cent saw an increase.

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