Piracy rate dips but Malaysians think illegal software is okay
Software piracy fee drops one factor to fifty five% But seventy eight% of customers admit they have got obtained pirated software program WHILE the software program piracy fee in Malaysia took a mild dip to 55% in 2011 from 56% in 2010, anti-piracy watchdog the Business Software Alliance (BSA) may additionally still have an uphill war on its arms with most Malaysians having no qualms approximately the use of unlawful software. According to the 2011 BSA Global Software Piracy Study, seventy eight% of pc customers in Malaysia admit they have obtained pirated software. Some users say they pirate “all” or “most of the time,” whilst others say they do it “every so often” or “rarely.” This way that eleven out of 20 applications that customers in Malaysia installed were unlicensed. The industrial price of this piracy turned into US$657 million, or about RM2 billion, the BSA said in a assertion. “If seventy eight% of consumers admitted they shoplift — even rarely — authorities co...