deepu 0 Report post Posted November 13, 2004 The 2004 Business Software Alliance - IDC study of global trends in software piracy puts India in the list of the top 20 software pirating countries in the world. Ranked at 20, with a software piracy rate of 73 per cent, India also makes it to the list of countries with the greatest dollar value of pirated software. India is poorer by about $367 million due to software piracy losses, the study estimates. It is not surprising that a concerned Government of India is taking increasing interest in assessing the contribution of software and other piracy-susceptible industries to the economy. The human resource development ministry has commissioned the Indian Institute of Management (Lucknow) IIM (L) to study how much 'Copyright and Related Rights Industries' contribute to the Gross Domestic Product and employment of the country. The study which was commissioned about four months back will map the publishing, software, music, film and television industries and sectors allied to them. "While there might have been studies of the organised sector in the software industry, there are no figures available for the unorganised sector especially in the film, music and television industries," said Professor Ravi Sunder, heading the study team from IIM (L). The study will look at the five core areas mentioned above and about 40 to 45 allied sectors. The film industry for instance, has artists, choreographers, the distribution chain, the theatre owners and others. The model used by the IIM team comprising four faculty members and research assistants is to compute the aggregate GDP for the entitle set by using the value-added GDP formula to compute the income of one company. According to estimates of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), India has incurred a loss of more than Rs 15,000 crore (Rs 150 billion) in 2002-2003 due to copyright breach in software. The figure for losses due to software piracy have been growing. In 1999-2000 the figure was Rs 9,000 crore (Rs 90 billion), in 2000-2001 it was Rs 11,000 crore (Rs 110 billion). The numbers are likely to get even more bothersome if losses from music and film piracy are also taken into account. A saving of Rs 15,000 crore (Rs 150 billion) for instance would be enough to fund part of the Government's ambitious National Employment Guarantee scheme. The IIM (L) study which will soon complete it's first phase of mapping has interviewed more than 5,000 software companies, many of which are registered under NASSCOM. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StaticElectricity 8 Report post Posted November 15, 2004 (edited) ok India 20th, but whos No.1?? US(UNITED STATES) ?? Edited November 15, 2004 by StaticElectricity Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rEdshiFt 1 Report post Posted November 15, 2004 Probably Taiwan or somethin like that... US is actually quite rigid on copyright infringement rules...i hear... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rEdshiFt 1 Report post Posted November 15, 2004 ....,just googled on it... check out The Report - Friggin U.S. currently has the lowest piracy rate in the world... too bad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anujit 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2004 Piracy is what helps sell software. Companies must learn to live with it.. the day they manage to kill piracy... they would have actually managed to kill themselves! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rEdshiFt 1 Report post Posted November 16, 2004 yup...im with anujit ppl gotta learn to live with it.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niket 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2004 Piracy is what helps sell software. Companies must learn to live with it.. the day they manage to kill piracy... they would have actually managed to kill themselves! 19125[/snapback] Very True, How can winXP cracked within one hour of its launch.? Actully Piracy kills Open Source Projects.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anujit 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2004 It doesn't kill open source. I've used Linux and a number of other open source software - the only one that really matches up to commercial software is Mozilla Firefox (my default browser) the rest are long ways behind. And the worst part about open systems - no support! Commercial systems gives you far far better support - which is why we use Windows and not Linux, Oracle DB & not PHP SQL! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rEdshiFt 1 Report post Posted November 16, 2004 Actully Piracy kills Open Source Projects.. how does that go niket ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2004 Come on Anujit Linux is not way behind Windows in any aspect... Tell me the number of viruses for Windows and Linux. The only problem is that there is not enough applications in Linux as we have in Windows. There are many application in Windows for which you may not find an equivalent in Linux. Thats the reason why Linux is still behind Windows Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iiii_pretender_iiii 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2004 (edited) It doesn't kill open source. I've used Linux and a number of other open source software - the only one that really matches up to commercial software is Mozilla Firefox (my default browser) the rest are long ways behind. And the worst part about open systems - no support! Commercial systems gives you far far better support - which is why we use Windows and not Linux, Oracle DB & not PHP SQL! 19184[/snapback] LOL I use Linux and not windows, MY SQL and not Oracle DB Guess im your ANTI-MATTER BTW theres no such thing as PHP SQL. PHP is a scripting language, not a database. Also if you didnt know, RIMWEB is hosted on UNIX and not windows. It uses MY SQL not Oracle DB . Oh, and it also uses PHP Edited November 16, 2004 by iiii_pretender_iiii Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linuxguy 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2004 Also if you didnt know,RIMWEB is hosted on UNIX and not windows. It uses MY SQL not Oracle DB Cool! Guess what? I too use Linux *psst* rimweb is hosted on a Linux server Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Utsav 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2004 20th! India has a poor performance in this arena! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shabz 8 Report post Posted November 16, 2004 If these guys really want to stop piracy they should come up with a crackproof software Many of us use the cracked software but some softwares like Incredimail can detect whether the version u have is cracked or not and if it is it does not allow the software to start (this all happens if u r a regular web surfer) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ganesh 0 Report post Posted November 17, 2004 If windows were not able to be pirated, it would have been difficult to attain the required popularity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted November 17, 2004 When Windows XP was released Microsoft tried to avoid piracy by making registration through internet. But it was cracked within hours of it being released.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anujit 0 Report post Posted November 17, 2004 ah yes pretender PG SQL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linuxguy 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2004 Ms deliberately allows software piracy. It wouldnt be installed on the 99% machines today if it werent for piracy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
