Wednesday, July 30, 2008
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) works with software companies to fight piracy. They recently completed their "2007 State Piracy Report" which reflects six states contributing $3.93 billion to losses because of pirated software. This is nearly half of the $8 billion for the U.S. as a whole.
Eight states were studied. (Per the report, six of the states were chosen because they are the states from which the BSA receives the most piracy reports from the general public, while two others, Arizona and Nevada, were chosen to round out geographical coverage.) Here is the ranking:
1. Ohio 27%
2. California 25%
3. Nevada 25%
4. Illinois 22%
5. Arizona 21%
6. Texas 20%
7. Florida 19%
8. New York 18%
Losses from these eight states total more than all other countries, less China and the U.S. The report also says "IDC found that the missing revenue from software piracy in the eight states equates to $11.4 billion in losses to in-state software ecosystems, more than 54,000 jobs, and $3.2 billion in taxes."
The 12-page report can be found on the BSA website, here.
Eight states were studied. (Per the report, six of the states were chosen because they are the states from which the BSA receives the most piracy reports from the general public, while two others, Arizona and Nevada, were chosen to round out geographical coverage.) Here is the ranking:
1. Ohio 27%
2. California 25%
3. Nevada 25%
4. Illinois 22%
5. Arizona 21%
6. Texas 20%
7. Florida 19%
8. New York 18%
Losses from these eight states total more than all other countries, less China and the U.S. The report also says "IDC found that the missing revenue from software piracy in the eight states equates to $11.4 billion in losses to in-state software ecosystems, more than 54,000 jobs, and $3.2 billion in taxes."
The 12-page report can be found on the BSA website, here.
