lol @ the numbers; 21bil!?! Whatever.
The problem with having numbers like that is everyone who tries to 'calculate' it has a bias and an agenda.
I would like to know how much companies spend on anti-piracy, though.
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"...noticeably higher..." The maths say it is only 10% higher than in the rest of the world. Actually, the suprise is that the overall percentage (if correct) is so low...
I have lived in Vietnam for 10 years now and the problem is easy to understand.
When you consider that the annual per capita income here is about $ 1,000 (or slightly less than $3 per day), and you then look at the fact that more or less everyone uses computers, it is clear that at the cost of typical software, pirated software is going to be the order of the day.
Open Source software is not an "easy" sell as more or less everyone is peddling a skill set based on Microsoft (and related) based products. A good example are schools that do not teach people how to use word processors or spreadsheets, but Microsoft Word and Excel. "No sir, your son/daughter cannot use Open Office / Libre Office / etc., we teach Microsoft." What is the average parent with an average income likely to do?
While education regarding IP and IP rights may go some way to addressing the problem, the main issue is cost, and until realistic pricing levels are available for software sold in this part of the world, piracy will remain an issue.
As for the losses quoted, this is silly. If I can't afford to buy the software and I can't pirate it (for whatever reason), I won't be buying it either, so there is no loss. The figures are likely to be a simple extrapolation of pirated software turned into sales revenue. Not likely.
Piracy, whether software, music, movies and the like is not going to go away until the underlying question of cost is resolved.
I have lived in Vietnam for 10 years now and the problem is easy to understand.
When you consider that the annual per capita income here is about $ 1,000 (or slightly less than $3 per day), and you then look at the fact that more or less everyone uses computers, it is clear that at the cost of typical software, pirated software is going to be the order of the day.
Open Source software is not an "easy" sell as more or less everyone is peddling a skill set based on Microsoft (and related) based products. A good example are schools that do not teach people how to use word processors or spreadsheets, but Microsoft Word and Excel. "No sir, your son/daughter cannot use Open Office / Libre Office / etc., we teach Microsoft." What is the average parent with an average income likely to do?
While education regarding IP and IP rights may go some way to addressing the problem, the main issue is cost, and until realistic pricing levels are available for software sold in this part of the world, piracy will remain an issue.
As for the losses quoted, this is silly. If I can't afford to buy the software and I can't pirate it (for whatever reason), I won't be buying it either, so there is no loss. The figures are likely to be a simple extrapolation of pirated software turned into sales revenue. Not likely.
Piracy, whether software, music, movies and the like is not going to go away until the underlying question of cost is resolved.
@Jacdeb6009 I think you've nailed the problem on the head with reference to GDP and the cost of software - which remains more or less the same around the world. For all the energy and funds poured into curbing software piracy, it is somewhat surprising that nobody has come up with a better plan yet.
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