software piracy

The rate of software piracy dropped to 64% in Romania in 2010, from 65% in 2009, and losses triggered by software piracy increased by 6.55%, to $195 million, according to a report drawn up by Business Software Alliance (BSA).

The rate of software piracy dropped to 65% in Romania in 2009, from 66% in 2008 and losses triggered by software piracy decreased by 22.5%, to $183 million, from $249 million in 2008, according to a report drawn up by Business Software Alliance (BSA).

Piracy caused losses registered by the Romanian software industry grew, in 2007, to $151 million, from $49 million five years ago, even if piracy levels dropped from 73% to 68%, according to a study published Wednesday by Business Software Alliance (BSA).