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Romania’s PC Software Piracy Rate Dn 2 Points In 2008, To 66%

Romania’s PC software piracy rate decreased two percentage points in 2008, to 66% from 68% in 2007, while losses in the local software industry increased 65% to $249 million, according to a report of Business Software Alliance (BSA) published on its official website.
Romania’s PC Software Piracy Rate Dn 2 Points In 2008, To 66%
12 mai 2009, 13:20, English

"This report attests the impact of efforts to reduce software piracy in Romania. With the economic uncertainty we are going through, it is vital that companies don’t bypass the law and use licensed software because otherwise this behavior would increase risks of a negative impact on businesses and consumers, as well as on the local and global economy,” said attorney Magda Popescu, representative of BSA in Romania.

Over the past five years, Romania’s software piracy rate decreased eight percentage points, from 74% to 66%, due to continuous efforts on the part of the business software industry, represented by BSA, and on the part of Romanian authorities.

In these past five years, Romania has registered the first jail term sentences for the distribution of pirated software.

According to the report, 50% of the 110 analyzed countries have seen decreases in the piracy rate and 15% registered increases.

The report also found that countries with the highest piracy rate in Central and Eastern Europe are Georgia (95%), Armenia (92%), Azerbaijan (90%) and the Republic of Moldova (90%), while the lowest piracy rate was registered in the Czech Republic (38%), Hungary (42%) and Slovakia (43%).