Warnings about software piracy rate

A Belgrade daily writes that losses incurred by software piracy run into hundreds of millions of dollars, while police are "planning internet surveillance".

Izvor: Blic

Monday, 22.11.2010.

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A Belgrade daily writes that losses incurred by software piracy run into hundreds of millions of dollars, while police are "planning internet surveillance". At the same time, reports the Blic newspaper, the Serbian Tax Administration will set up a unit that will probe legality of software to tackle the problem of piracy. Warnings about software piracy rate Meanwhile, Microsoft says that there are 1.2 million computers in Serbia, and that they believe only one in four runs on legal software. When it comes to private computers in households, Microsoft says only one in ten is running their operating systems after paying for a license to do so. "Half (of computers) belong to private persons, while only 60,000 have legal software, and calculations show that 40 percent of computers in companies run on paid operating systems," says Srdjan Starovic of Microsoft's Serbian office. The Ministry of Trade and Services intends to launch its anti-piracy program in 2011, writes the daily. The ministry also plans to spend some EUR 2.8mn on that project. According to this report, the piracy rate in Serbia is currently at 72 percent, "but the exact figure will be known in June of next year, when a study on worldwide (software) piracy in 2010 has been released". Dragomir Kojic, vice-president of a committee on intellectual property protection of the American Chamber of Commerce in Serbia, says that the Serbian budget would see gains of USD 29mn dollars if the piracy rate were to be reduced. "We would at the same time get several thousand new jobs. It is believed that Serbia loses some USD 100mn a year because of software piracy alone," Blic quoted Kojic as saying. He also noted that while Serbia's legislation was good, more needed to be done to implement it consistently, and spoke in favor of stiffer penalties for those found guilty of software piracy. Meanwhile, those who are unable or unwilling to pay for licenses to run Microsoft's operating systems and other software, and at the same time do not wish to break the law and run illegal copies, have viable alternatives.

Warnings about software piracy rate

Meanwhile, Microsoft says that there are 1.2 million computers in Serbia, and that they believe only one in four runs on legal software.

When it comes to private computers in households, Microsoft says only one in ten is running their operating systems after paying for a license to do so.

"Half (of computers) belong to private persons, while only 60,000 have legal software, and calculations show that 40 percent of computers in companies run on paid operating systems," says Srđan Starović of Microsoft's Serbian office.

The Ministry of Trade and Services intends to launch its anti-piracy program in 2011, writes the daily. The ministry also plans to spend some EUR 2.8mn on that project.

According to this report, the piracy rate in Serbia is currently at 72 percent, "but the exact figure will be known in June of next year, when a study on worldwide (software) piracy in 2010 has been released".

Dragomir Kojić, vice-president of a committee on intellectual property protection of the American Chamber of Commerce in Serbia, says that the Serbian budget would see gains of USD 29mn dollars if the piracy rate were to be reduced.

"We would at the same time get several thousand new jobs. It is believed that Serbia loses some USD 100mn a year because of software piracy alone," Blic quoted Kojić as saying. He also noted that while Serbia's legislation was good, more needed to be done to implement it consistently, and spoke in favor of stiffer penalties for those found guilty of software piracy.

Meanwhile, those who are unable or unwilling to pay for licenses to run Microsoft's operating systems and other software, and at the same time do not wish to break the law and run illegal copies, have viable alternatives.

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