China and Nigeria Lead Others in PC Software Piracy
China and Nigeria lead others in software piracy according to a Business Software Alliance (BSA) study. The other major regular software pirates come from Vietnam, Ukraine, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Mexico. 7 Sep 2011 13:30 Africa/Lagos Nearly Half of the World's PC Users Acquire Software Illegally Most or All the Time, BSA Reports PR Newswire WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2011 32-country study finds opportunity for education, enforcement WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nearly half of the world's personal computer users — 47 percent — acquire software through illegal means most or all of the time, and in developing economies the figures are much higher, according to the most extensive survey ever undertaken on PC users' behaviors and attitudes toward software piracy and intellectual property rights. The Business Software Alliance (BSA) today released detailed findings from the groundbreaking study on its official blog, BSA ...