In its annual survey released today, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) says that software piracy reached nearly US$29 billion in 2003, notes Reuters. “The BSA’s new research firm, IDC, estimates the 2003 global piracy rate was 36 percent, roughly 2 percent above the BSA’s revised 2002 figure,” notes the story.
Read MoreThe market for pirated music will continue to grow for at least another five years, outstripping growth for the industry’s online businesses, a new study said on Monday. The report by Informa Media said global Internet music sales — which includes sales of CDs from Web sites such as Amazon.com and song downloads from services such as Apple’s iTunes — will reach US$3.9 billion by 2008, up from $1.1 billion in 2002.
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