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The cost of software piracy

Posted on May 1, 2006 by jjn1

According to AP (quoted in Technology Review)

Piracy accounts for about 35 percent of all new PC software installations globally, an IDC study estimated last year — costing the industry an average of $40 billion annually.

My guess is that most of that is accounted for by people ripping off Microsoft Windows and Office.

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