Worldwide software piracy losses up in 1997. Tape-Disc Business | August 1, 1998 | COPYRIGHT 1998 Knowledge Industry Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Revenue losses due to software piracy reached an estimated $11.4 billion worldwide in 1997, up from $11.2 billion in 1996, according to the 1997 Global Software Piracy Report recently released by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and the Software Publishers Association (SPA). This increase follows the decline of 16 percent seen between 1995 and 1996, which was attributed to lower software prices.

The study found that of the estimated 574 million new business software applications installed globally during 1997, 228 million applications, or an alarming four out of ...

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