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- Date: 19 Nov 92 11:40:43 EST
- >From: Gordon Meyer <72307.1502@COMPUSERVE.COM>
- Subject: File 7--Piracy Declines
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- Piracy Rate Falls; the Crusade Steams Ahead.
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- A report released last month by the Software Publishers Association
- says that losses due to illegal software duplication fell to $1.2
- billion, down 41% from 1990's $2 billion loss. Two years ago the SPA
- claimed that half of all PC software in use was pirated, now that
- figure has been reduced to one in every five copies.
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- Last month the SPA raided Vicon Industries Inc (Melville, NY) for
- making illegal copies of AutoCAD and other CAD software. The SPA
- expects a six-figure settlement in this case.
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- Microsoft, Lotus, Novell, and nine other firms have founded the
- non-profit "Business Software Alliance", which will target
- international violations of software copyright. ((Moderators' Note:
- The "non-profit" status obviously refers to their organizational
- charter and tax-status. Clearly their interest in stopping piracy is
- driven by a profit motive.))
-
- The SPA reports that it collects $3.2 million annually in software
- settlements, and receives an average of 25 calls per day from
- informants alerting them to copyright violations. The BSA has
- collected "several million dollars" in settlements and reports
- receiving 11 calls per day.
-
- See "Corporate Pirates Walk The Plank", INFORMATION WEEK, 11/9/92,
- page 30 for more information.
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