Armenia Named Leading “Software Piracy” Country
Wednesday, 05 May 2010 05:22 | 
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hetq.am -- An article in today’s “Bloomberg Business Week” dealing with computer software piracy and Microsoft’s attempts to clamp down on such global fraud, mentions Armenia as a prime offender. The world’s largest software producer’s anti-piracy efforts are hampered by programs that are difficult to distinguish from genuine products said David Finn, associate general counsel for Microsoft anti-piracy.
The monetary value of unlicensed software worldwide grew by 5 percent to $50.2 billion in 2008, with the most widespread piracy in countries including Armenia, Bangladesh, and Georgia, according to data from Interactive Data Corp. and the Business Software Alliance. Increases in theft are being driven by faster growth of software in high-piracy emerging markets, they said.
