Business Software Alliance

Study: Problems in Emerging Markets Boost Software Piracy

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 16, 2008 - 7:45am.

Washington - Despite a decline in software piracy in many countries, overall dollar losses from piracy continued to grow in 2007 due to fast growing PC markets in some of the world's highest piracy nations, according to a new study by the Business Software Alliance (BSA).

Survey: Illegal Downloading Down 24% Among U.S. Youth Since 2004

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 22, 2007 - 2:29pm.

Washington - The number of U.S. youth (ages 8-18) illegally downloading copyrighted works off the Internet has fallen 24% in the past three years, according to a new survey conducted by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), a trade group representing copyright holders.