DATA from the Business Software Alliance (BSA) showed that the Philippines has a 70% software piracy rate. The commercial value of pirated software was estimated at $338 million.
Worldwide, statistics suggest an inverse relationship between a country’s income level and its software piracy rate. It showed that low-income countries have a higher software piracy rate compared to the high and middle-income countries.
BSA also compiled data on the return on investment (ROI) for properly licensed software and pirated software for each income class. The statistics showed that returns were greater in emerging markets because every extra dollar spent on licensed software in low-income countries has a greater marginal impact because the user base for legitimate software in these countries is low. -- Virgil S. Villanueva
source: Businessworld
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