The Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) released on February 19, 2008 the list of most frequently pirated software as part of the 2007 Anti-Piracy Year In Review report. SIIA is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry based in Washington, DC.
The report observes:
The largest share of software titles pirated fall in the productivity categories – word processing, office suites, report design, web design, etc. – the software used most often in business.
In 2007, the most pirated software titles were:
2007 software titles most frequently pirated by companies
- Symantec Norton Anti-Virus
- Adobe Acrobat
- Symantec PC Anywhere
- Adobe PhotoShop
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Adobe DreamWeaver
- Roxio Easy CD/DVD Creator
- Roxio Toast Titanium
- Ipswitch WS_FTP
- Nero Ultra Edition
2007 software titles most frequently pirated on the internet
- McAfee VirusScan
- Symantec Norton Anti-Virus
- McAfee Internet Security Suite
- Intuit TurboTax
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Acrobat
- Intuit Quicken Home and Business
- Symantec Norton pcAnywhere
- Symantec Norton Ghost
- Adobe Creative Suite
In the Philippines, software piracy is a headache among software companies and the government. Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team (PAPT) continue to monitor and prosecute end-users of pirated software. PAPT pursues all-out war against all forms of software piracy, Sun Star Cebu reported. Business Software Alliance reveals that software piracy rate in the Philippines is 71% in 2004 and 2005 as cited in Peering into Software Piracy.
Software piracy cannot be solved by the authorities alone. It calls for cooperation from various sectors of the society.
Are you using licensed Adobe Photoshop? If not, isn’t it better to uninstall it?
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- War Against Software Piracy
- Peering into Software Piracy
- Types of Software Piracy
- FOSS as Alternative to Software Piracy
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im guilty with adobe photoshop. hehe.
batang buotan says:
Thank you.
There is an alternative to Adobe Photoshop, GIMP (GNU Graphical Manipulation Program). It’s free.
im glad i am not anymore addicted to purchasing pirated softwares although i am still using at home those i bought in the past.
(i wonder why those softwares i purchased in the past were not listed above)
batang buotan says:
Hahaha. Weng, I think no one can can claim to be holier-than-thou for not having used pirated applications. Let’s just our best not to buy anymore. I’ve been guilty of pirated movies (x-rated); now I vow not to buy them anymore.
who says piracy is bad
batang buotan says:
I think that piracy doesn’t make good.
the day piracy is stopped completely all the software companies will become useless
batang buotan says:
Thanks for sharing your opinion but I can’t see the logic. How does piracy help software companies?