2015 record year in terms of compensation for pirated … – Gazeta Wyborcza

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The total amount of compensation for the use of illegal software in Poland only in 2015 will amount to at least 4.4 million zł – more than the previous three years in total. According to the BSA approx. 51 per cent. Software in Poland is used without a license.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                          
 

                 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

         

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In 2012-2014 the value of claims paid annually to producers under the settlements and judgments exceed 1.3-1.5 million zł. This year’s compensation in October amounted to 4.4 million zł. A significant increase in the amount of claims reflects more effective collaboration software vendors with law enforcement agencies, as well as decreasing social acceptance and less and less leniency of the courts against piracy. Using illegal software is punishable by a fine or loss of liberty for up to 5 years.

In the study, published in 2014 BSA Global Software Survey shows that 51 per cent. Polish software used without proper licensing. The problem concerns the industry m.in .: engineering, printing, surveying and architecture. Although this rate gradually declining (in 2007 was 57 per cent., In 2011 – 53 per cent.), In comparison with other countries in the region remains high. Slovakia and Hungary unlicensed uses less than 40 percent. software, and in the Czech Republic – 34 percent. The EU average is 31 percent.

“In Poland continued to factor the use of unlicensed software is high compared to the average in the EU. The reason, however, for optimism is increasing interest in the implementation of best practice software asset management (SAM – Software Asset Management), mainly due to the resulting them to optimize acquisition costs for software licenses, “- said Bartlomiej Witucki, a representative of The Software Alliance BSA in Poland.

In recent years, the BSA getting more and more numerous applications of the use of illegal software in companies throughout the country. “Compared with 2014 the number of notifications of pirated software has increased this year by nearly 170 percent. However, the numbers more important is improving the quality of applications” – says Witucki.

According to the representative of the BSA observed change may be the result of, among others, increased awareness that such reports are acceptable as so. whistleblowing, as well as the effectiveness of campaigns in social media and transparency of the new online application form at the BSA.

“Companies that pirated installations should be aware of not only the risk of legal liability and financial, but IT security threats, which means a risk of data loss or acquisition by third parties” – adds Witucki.

The Software Alliance BSA headquarters in Washington, DC is an international organization representing the interests of software companies in dealing with governments and in the international market, promoting the use of legal software. BSA operates in more than 60 countries, including Poland, the global software market monitoring and conducting educational activities in the field of property rights. Currently leads the Lower and Upper Silesia, the campaign “Fact or Fiction”.

         

         

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