Vietnam is the best world performer in
software piracy reduction. The positive results shown by the decrease in the
software piracy rate is testament of great efforts expanded by the government.
- Tarun Sawney Senior director BSA’s
Anti-piracy Division in the Asia-Pacific region.
Vietnam
is making personal computer software pirates walk the plank. US-based Business
Software Alliance (BSA), the leading global advocate for the software industry,
last week announced its ninth annual Global Software Piracy Study 2011 in
Hanoi.
The
study showed that Vietnam recorded a personal computer software piracy rate of
81 per cent in 2011, a two point reduction in two years in a row, compared to
83 per cent in 2010 and 85 per cent in 2009. The commercial value of piracy in
2011 was $395 million, down 4 per cent in value from the previous year’s $412
million.
Vietnam
in 2011 ranked 22nd out of 116 national and regional economies surveyed in the
study in terms of software piracy.
“Vietnam
is the best world performer in software piracy reduction. The positive results
shown by the decrease in the software piracy rate is testament of great efforts
expanded by the government.
“But
admittedly there is still much work to be done and Vietnam faces a stiff
challenge in reducing the level of its piracy rate to even the average levels
found in the region or the world, at 60 and 42 per cent, respectively. However,
I am confident that Vietnam is on the right track,” said Tarun Sawney, senior
director BSA’s Anti-piracy Division in the Asia-Pacific region.
Ha
Than, chief executive officer of Lac Viet Computing Corporation, said concerted
public education and vigorous law enforcement was paying dividends.
“Coming
from the local software industry scene where we invest millions of dollars into
developing cutting-edge software solutions, we really need all the help from
the government to ensure a brighter future for ourselves,” Than said.
According
to the study, the global commercial value of pirated software rose from $58.8
billion in 2010 to $63.4 billion in 2011. Some 36 per cent of admitted software
pirates in Asia-Pacific surveyed in the study said they acquired software
illegally “all of the time”, “most of the time” or “occasionally,” while 27 per
cent said they “rarely” did so.
The study
also found that software pirates in Asia-Pacific were predominantly male, with
32 per cent aged between 18-24.
Thanh
Dat | vir.com.vn
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