Software Piracy Remains Widespread

[IGBT]

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IDC estimates that 21 percent of software in the U.S. was pirated, compared to 23 percent in New Zealand, and 27 percent in the U.K. Austria and Sweden were also among the countries with the lowest software piracy rates.

A spokesperson at the Chinese embassy in the U.S. says he has not seen the study and couldn't comment on it directly. But the Chinese government investigated more than 9000 cases of intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement in 2004, says embassy spokesperson Chu Maoming. "That shows the Chinese government attaches great importance to IPR," he says of the investigations. "China has been doing a lot of work in fighting against IPR violations."

:Q

 

[jadinolf]

Thanks for this.

 

[RedCOMET]

Originally posted by: IGBT

But the Chinese government investigated more than 9000 cases of intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement in 2004, says embassy spokesperson Chu Maoming. "That shows the Chinese government attaches great importance to IPR," he says of the investigations. "China has been doing a lot of work in fighting against IPR violations."

:Q

Its a good thing they spend so much time on this. Heaven forbid they give some of their citizens more freedoms, and other rights which they do not have.

I'm glad the PRC gov't is doing a great job. :thumbsup:

 

[Rumpltzer]

Zimbabwe?? I wonder how many computers they have in Zimbabwe?

 

[shortylickens]

"Vietnam, Ukraine, China, and Zimbabwe worst offenders"

And yet we always hear about lawyers cracking down on american 12-year-olds.
Good job guys.

 

[Amused]

Kind of a repost. Same story:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=38&threadid=1594202&enterthread=y

 

[alien42]

Originally posted by: Rumpltzer
Zimbabwe?? I wonder how many computers they have in Zimbabwe?

with an unemployment rate of 70% and the same percentage being below the poverty line i would say computers are widespread 😕

 

[Schadenfroh]

why dont they just use linux?

 

[maddogchen]

In my few months in China it was a lot harder to find a legal software copy than an illegal one.
They probably only investigate the guys that were late in bribing officials.

 

[0roo0roo]

eh whatever. it keeps them from building powerful software companies to compete with ours.

 

[cjgallen]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
why dont they just use linux?

Because linux is frustrating and a PITA for someone who's never used it (I've tried many times with many distros over the years and came back to Windows every time). Bootleg Windows is easy.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Originally posted by: cjgallen

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
why dont they just use linux?

Because linux is frustrating and a PITA for someone who's never used it (I've tried many times with many distros over the years and came back to Windows every time). Bootleg Windows is easy.

Nah. Linux all the way (Debian pwns, but I started with Mandrake becuase it was uber easy).

 

[lobadobadingdong]

I really think that 21% for the states is horse sh!t. I know very few who have pirated software these days.

 

[IGBT]

..I get most of my software at costco these days. Tons of games and productivity software and great return policy.