Software Piracy in Indonesia Reaches 86%
JAKARTA – Awareness of the use of legal software in Indonesia was still not too good. The proof, in a survey conducted by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), 59% of computer users in Indonesia admitted to using pirated software.
This achievement makes the piracy rate in the country is still high. Of BSA records, in the year 2011 the overall software piracy rate in Indonesia reached 86%.“Although large, in fact the number is down 1% from 87% in 2010, up 1% in 2009. This means that 8 out of 10 software is installed on a computer is illegal software,” said Senior Director of Anti-Piracy software Turan BSA Asia Pacific Sawney, at the Ritz Carlton, Tuesday (05/15/2012).
Sawney also added that piracy is a result of the potential losses could reach $ 1.467 billion. The disadvantage is experienced not only by the makers of software, but also the state through taxes.
Indonesia among the countries in Southeast Asia are among the fastest-selling PC penetration, but also the highest piracy rates.
From the data presented Sawney, as a comparison of Thailand piracy rate reached 72% with a value of USD 852 million hijacking. Even better Malaysia, the awareness of using legal software is higher, because the percentage of piracy ‘only’ 55% with a value of USD 657 million hijacking.
“Awareness of and respect the legal use of software copyright in Indonesia must be improved. Includes rules should be enforced again. While all this is good,” he said.[DTK/KC]
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