The problem of software piracy-solutions from Indian perspectives

Software piracy is copying and using commercial software purchased bysomeone else.. Control of software piracy would deliver an additional 44,000 newjobs, $200 million in tax revenues, and $3. 1 billion worth economic growth in India. The worldwide piracy rate went up from 38 percent in 2007 and to 41 percent in 2008. The global rate rose for the second yearin a row because PC shipments grewfaster in high-piracy rate countries. The monetary value of unlicensed software (“losses” to software vendors) grew bymore than $5. 1 billion (11 per cent) to $53.0 billion from 2007 to 2008, although half of that growth was the result of changing exchange rates. Excluding the effect of exchange rates, losses grew by 5 per cent to $50.2 billion. Internet, the increasing sophistication of software pirates and cost of software (and the ability of users to pay for it) are the factors in the complex equation that results in software piracy.