(Puls Biznesu) – The producers of applications suffer bigger losses in than in nine other new EU members. They are bigger and bigger.
The percentage of illegal copies of computer software used in amounted to 58 percent, according to Business Software Alliance (BSA), an international organization of software producers. In 2004, it was 59 percent, while in 2003, also 58 percent. But along with increasing IT market, the losses of software houses become bigger and bigger. In 2005 they amounted to USD 388m, or nearly USD 100m more than in 2003. The losses of software producers suffered due to piracy are bigger in than in nine other new EU members, where they amount to USD 385m. It is mainly due to the fact that is a big country.
Among old EU members, the percentage of illegal copies is close to 35 percent. The is the only new member country to get close to this level with 40 percent piracy in computer programs. But still surpasses one of old EU members – . The percentage of illegal copies amounts to 64 percent there, or six percentage points more than in Poland.