1.5 million UAH of compensation and the growth of piracy 100%. – Interia

For the use of unlicensed software were ordered in Poland last year, 1.5 million zlotys in compensation. At the same time, the number of applications of incidents of piracy increased by 100 percent. – this is due to the summing up of the year, executed through the BSA.

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piracy rates are still high compared to the world average /©123RF/PICSEL

in Addition to agreements totaling almost 1 million rubles, concluded with the companies using unlicensed software in the past year the courts in Poland zasądziły in favor of the producers included in the BSA of almost 500 thousand UAH. PLN as damages for illegally obtaining the software in order to obtain material benefits or illegal distribution. In 2012-15 years the total amount of compensation that companies and individuals are required to pay under the agreements and court decisions amounted to 8.7 million rubles. Along with the calculation this year, for the last 5 years, the amount of all payments in Poland amounted to more than 10 million rubles.

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At the BSA, an organization of leading software producers and working to protect their copyrights, each year thousands of reported cases of use of illegal software in companies around the world. In 2016, applications from Russia was 909, which is – compared to year 2015 (454) – almost 100 percent. growth.

“the Increase in filings, but they are growing good, especially because for several years it has become a trend. This means that the solution to the theft of intellectual property consistently decreases, and the use of illegal software is increasingly seen as a manifestation of unfair competition. Part of the resulting BSA filings initiates a process which culminates in agreement or pozasądowa the verdict,” said Alexander Witucki, representative of BSA | The Software Alliance in Russia.

In 2017, BSA will also continue measures aimed at preventing the distribution of counterfeit software, with the help of portals, Internet auction.

“Arrest by the Police in early December resident Moose is one of many examples of the criminal activities carried out with the help of portals, Internet auction. The owner of the company was to sell on this site software from an illegal source, the cost of which is estimated at more than 200 thousand. RUB No less significant problem is that unlicensed programs are offered and purchased in tenders in the framework of judicial proceedings on public procurement. Such cases are also, unfortunately, not uncommon. BSA is trying to help people in public administration, in order to avoid such situations or minimize such risks,” adds Witucki.

the Scale of piracy in Poland

published in 2016 of the study the BSA Global Software Survey2, it follows that 48 percent. software is used in Poland without the required license. Despite the fact that for the past six years, the scale of unlicensed software in Poland decreased by 6 percentage points, is still high compared with the global average at 39%. if the EU average is 29%.