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IIPA member, the Business Software Alliance (BSA), released its Sixth Annual BSA-IDC Global Software Piracy Study which measures the impact of piracy on the economies of 110 countries in 2008. Globally, the personal computer (PC) software industry experienced an increase in the monetary value of unlicensed software to over $50 billion in 2008. The global piracy rate also increased from 38% to 41% (due to increases in PC shipments into high piracy rate countries) though the piracy rate dropped in about half (57) of the 110 countries studied. This indicates that progress is being made in many countries, though certain countries with high piracy rates, like China and India, continue to pose significant problems. The full study can be found at www.bsa.org/globalstudy.

For the annual Special 301 process, BSA reports to IIPA its estimated piracy rates and losses due to piracy in targeted countries. When USTR issued its 2009 Special 301 report on April 30, 2009, IIPA reported preliminary BSA 2008 data for losses to U.S. PC software publishers. After BSA calculates its 2008 final numbers for U.S. publisher losses in targeted countries (the BSA-IDC study reports losses to all software publishers globally, including those in the local markets), those BSA numbers will appear on the IIPA website for countries currently appeared on the Special 301 lists.

April 30, 2009:

IIPA's chart of USTR's 2009 "Special 301" decisions appears here. This chart contains BSA preliminary data for 2009 (please see above updates).

February 17, 2009:

IIPA's chart of recommendations for the 2009 "Special 301" review cycle is available by clicking here.






	June 30, 2009 IIPA's chart of USTR’s April 30, 2009 "Special 301" decisions is available by clicking here. These charts reflect final 2008 country data on business software piracy that IIPA has received from its member, the Business Software Alliance (BSA). To view USTR's decisions by region, as well as IIPA 2009 recommendations which did not make USTR's final list, please click on the desired link: Asia Pacific Europe / Confederation of Independent States (C.I.S.) The Americas and the Caribbean Middle East / Africa May 12, 2009: IIPA member, the Business Software Alliance (BSA), released its Sixth Annual BSA-IDC Global Software Piracy Study which measures the impact of piracy on the economies of 110 countries in 2008. Globally, the personal computer (PC) software industry experienced an increase in the monetary value of unlicensed software to over $50 billion in 2008. The global piracy rate also increased from 38% to 41% (due to increases in PC shipments into high piracy rate countries) though the piracy rate dropped in about half (57) of the 110 countries studied. This indicates that progress is being made in many countries, though certain countries with high piracy rates, like China and India, continue to pose significant problems. The full study can be found at www.bsa.org/globalstudy. For the annual Special 301 process, BSA reports to IIPA its estimated piracy rates and losses due to piracy in targeted countries. When USTR issued its 2009 Special 301 report on April 30, 2009, IIPA reported preliminary BSA 2008 data for losses to U.S. PC software publishers. After BSA calculates its 2008 final numbers for U.S. publisher losses in targeted countries (the BSA-IDC study reports losses to all software publishers globally, including those in the local markets), those BSA numbers will appear on the IIPA website for countries currently appeared on the Special 301 lists. April 30, 2009: IIPA's chart of USTR's 2009 "Special 301" decisions appears here. This chart contains BSA preliminary data for 2009 (please see above updates). February 17, 2009: IIPA's chart of recommendations for the 2009 "Special 301" review cycle is available by clicking here.

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