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Article: Regional Summaries - Asia/Pacific, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Latin America, Middle East & Africa, and North America.(Industry Trend or Event)
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- Software Industry Report
- Article date:
- June 5, 2000
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Software piracy in the Asia/Pacific region cost software publishers $2.8 billion in 1999, led by a $975 million revenue loss in Japan. Piracy in this region has accounted for more than $17 billion in losses during the last five years. Countries with the highest piracy rates were Vietnam (98 percent), China (91 percent), and Indonesia (85 percent). Countries with the highest dollar losses were Japan, China ($645 million), and Indian ($214 million).
Although dollar losses in Eastern Europe seem relatively low compared to other regions ($505 million in 1999), the region continues to have the highest average piracy rate at 70 percent. Countries with the highest ...