Software Piracy

Use the following article to answer these questions
EIGHTH ANNUAL BSA GLOBAL SOFTWARE 2010 Piracy Study

1. What was the commercial value of the pirated software in 2010?

2. For the first time emerging markets accounted for 50% of PC sales. Because of this you would expect to see the same in software sales but that was not the case. What was the percentage of paid licenses for these same emerging markets?

3. What are the top three countries for piracy and what are thier rates?

4. What are the three countries with the lowest rates for piracy and what are thier rates?

5. What is the most common way for pirating software in the developing countries?

6. Look at the box on page 6. What are the benefits for a country that reduces piracy rates?

7. Do you think globalization led to an increase or decrease in software piracy? Explain.

8. What conclusions can you draw from this article?

9. List the laws discussed in the text (blue book) that relate to copywrite issues and briefly describe what each accomplished. (page 167)