The Business Software Alliance, which represents large software vendors such as Microsoft and Symantec, published a study on Thursday that claims almost one third of business software in Australia is pirated.
Australia experienced a small increase last year in the use of pirated software, keeping the overall piracy rate well above comparable nations, according to a survey published by the Business Software Association of Australia.
Counterfeiting cost the business software industry in Australia around AU$155 million in lost profits in 2002, according to a new report prepared by the Allen Consulting Group.
The Business Software Alliance claims that software piracy in the Asia Pacific region caused losses of US$5.5 billion to the industry in 2002.
A Melbourne based multimedia company has been caught using unlicensed copies of Adobe and Macromedia products, and has paid damages and costs to the Business Software Association of Australia (BSAA).
Australian small businesses are being targetted in the latest software piracy crackdown, with companies which don't get the message under threat of court action.
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