"Thirty-six percent of all computer software installed worldwide last year was pirated, costing the industry US$29 billion in lost revenue, an industry alliance said Wednesday. The problem is worsening, in part because of increased file-swapping over the Internet, said Jeffrey Hardee, Asian regional director for the Business Software Alliance, backed by industry giants such as Microsoft and IBM," reports AP.
"Three of the top five countries with the highest incidence of pirated software were in Asia, Hardee said, naming China (92 percent), Vietnam (92 percent) and Indonesia (88 percent). The others were Ukraine (91 percent) and Russia (87 percent)."
