Ernst & Young Report: The Benefits of software IPR protection in China

Unlicensed software should be cleaned up
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Not only the Business Software Association writes interesting reports about intellectual property in China in relation to software. Ernst & Young who are in the assurance, tax, transactions and advisory business, just published a report worth reading called:

 The Benefits of software IPR protection in China (28 pages pdf).

The report includes a nice timeline, and the explorations on the following issues:

• Internet unlicensed usage leads software IPR infringement
• Drivers for unlicensed software usage
• Issues of insufficient software IPR protection
• Economic benefits of IPR protection
• Intangible gains of IPR protection
• Transition to a knowledge economy

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BSA Software Piracy Study: Taiwan 39 Percent, Ranks 23th Lowest

Business Software Allicance (BSA) publishes its 2008 study of software piracy: May 2009, Sixth Annual BSA-IDG Software 08 Piracy Study.

With 39 percent, Taiwan came in on the 23th position of the countries with the lowest software piracy, causing a 201 million US dollar loss in 2008 (215 million US dollar loss in 2007):

Percentage software piracy Taiwan

2008 39 percent

2007 40 percent

2006 41 percent

2005 43 percent

2004 43 percent

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BSA Software Piracy Study: Hong Kong 48 Percent, Ranks Average

Business Software Allicance (BSA) publishes its 2008 study of software piracy: May 2009, Sixth Annual BSA-IDG Software 08 Piracy Study.

With 48 percent, Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region whose software piracy ranking is between a country with a low and a country with a high software piracy percentage, causing a loss of 225 million US dollar in 2008 (224 million US dollar in 2007).

 

"In Hong Kong, 2008 saw the government amend

copyright laws to make it easier for criminal

enforcement against end-user piracy and conduct

more highly publicized raids on infringing hard-disk

loaders. The extension of the government’s Genuine

Business Software Campaign (GBSC) reached 50,000

companies and increased software vendor revenues

from legalization programs."

Percentage software piracy Hong Kong SAR

2008 48 percent

2007  51 percent

2006  53 percent

2005 54 percent

2004 52 percent

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BSA Software Piracy Study: China 80 Percent; Ranks 24th Highest

Business Software Allicance (BSA) publishes its 2008 study of software piracy: May 2009, Sixth Annual BSA-IDG Software 08 Piracy Study.

With 80 percent, China came in on the 24th position of the countries with the highest software piracy, causing a loss of 6,677 billion US dollar in 2008 (6,664 billion US dollar loss in 2007):  

"China’s piracy rate has dropped 10 points since 2004, a result of more vigorous enforcement and education as well as vendor legalization programs andagreements with original equipment manufacturers(OEMs) and resellers. The government, for instance, has mandated that PC OEMs only ship PCs with legitimate operating systems."

"In China, the break up of a massive counterfeiting ring in late 2007 and the subsequent trials in 2008 set a stern anti-piracy tone for the year. Also during 2008, BSA sent out 53,000 “notice and takedown” letters to Chinese Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in an effort to counter Internet piracy. The government conducted enterprise end-user raids in numerous regions, including Jinlin, Hainan, Shanxi, Shanghai, Beijing, Xian, Wuhan, Shenyang, and Qingdao. The Chinese government also continued its efforts to ensure legal use of software in government agencies and stateowned enterprises."

Percentage software piracy People's Republic of China

2008 80 percent 

2007 82 percent

2006 82 percent

2005 86 percent

2004 90 percent

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