Software Piracy Protection & Security

Software is Intellectual Property. Highly valuable, it must be protected from unauthorized use in order to ensure new and existing revenue streams.

Effects of Software Piracy

Software piracy continues to increase globally. The effects of this increase are devastating: not only does software piracy reduce revenues, it also results in less R&D, and in less investment in marketing and channel development. The only way to stop software piracy before it happens is to implement a strong software DRM solution to protect your software from unauthorized use.

Piracy Rate by Region*

Get your local Piracy Rate*

United States

	Piracy Rate:	21%
	Losses: ($M)**	$7289

* BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study, May 2009.

**IDC used the following basic research architecture to measure software piracy rates:

Determined how much packaged software was put into use in 2008.
Determined how much packaged software was paid for/legally acquired in 2008.
Subtracted one from the other to get the amount of pirated software.

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