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    Rate of Global Software Piracy in Armenia More than 90%
    Epress.am (http://www.epress.am/FNew.aspx?nid=5850)
    Oct. 11, 2010


    The rate of global software piracy climbed to 43 percent in 2009,
    according to the 7th annual Global Software Piracy Study by the
    Business Software Alliance.

    According to the BSA website, "This increase was fueled in large part
    by expanding PC sales in fast-growing, high-piracy countries and
    increasing sales to consumers - two market segments that traditionally
    have higher incidents of software theft. In 2009, for every $100 worth
    of legitimate software sold, an additional $75 worth of unlicensed
    software made its way onto the market. There was some progress in 2009
    - software rates actually dropped in almost half of the countries
    examined in this year's study."
    According to the study, at 64%, pirated software was the most
    widespread in Central and Eastern European countries, with Georgia
    occupying the highest piracy rate at 95%.
    Following Georgia are Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Moldova, Armenia, Yemen,
    Sri Lanka and Azerbaijan (in that order). According to the report, the
    piracy rate in Armenia is more than 90%.
    Microsoft's Georgia branch, looking into the issue, discovered that
    the company loses $150 million annually as a result of software
    piracy.




    From: A. Papazian
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