Counterfeit Software Products In Armenia Decreased To 93% In 2007

COUNTERFEIT SOFTWARE PRODUCTS IN ARMENIA DECREASED TO 93% IN 2007

arminfo
2008-05-15 17:02:00

ArmInfo. Counterfeit software products in Armenia decreased to 93%
in 2007 (as against 95% in 2006). This is mentioned in the Business
Software Alliance’s report covering the situation in 108 countries
of the world, Microsoft Armenia Country Manager Grigor Barseghyan
told ArmInfo correspondent.

He noted that despite the fall of piracy level, Armenia continues
holding the leading positions in the world by this indicator. According
to Barseghyan, Bangladesh and Azerbaijan follow Armenia with 92%
piracy rate.

The lowest piracy rate is registered in the United States – 20%. "The
decrease in piracy even by 10% will bring 2 bln AMD profit to the
state", Barseghyan said. He added that developers, particularly,
the ones of the Armenian fonts for personal computers, suffer
great losses. "If each of 200 thsd users of Armenian fonts paid 1
US dollar at least the developers, the latters will obviously have
worthy conditions of life and work", Barseghyan stressed. He pointed
out that despite the low price, 50-60% of counterfeit discs contain
harmful codes which destroy the computer system. "It is in the power
bodies’ competence to protect the copyrights, the IT developers can’t
do this themselves", he said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS