The study, conducted by the International Planning &
Research Corp. analysed piracy in each US state, by comparing
estimates of software applications installed with estimates of
applications that were legally shipped .
It found that software piracy rate in 2001 was 25%, comparing to
24% in 2000. The state with the highest piracy rate was
Mississippi, with 48%, whilst New York had the lowest rate, with
11.9%.
According to the BSA, software piracy last year cost the US $1.8
billion in retail sales of business software applications and more
then 111,000 jobs.
Another BSA study released in June revealed that the rate of
software piracy in the UK dropped by 1%, also to 25%.
The BSA recommends that businesses should take measures to
ensure legal use of software, such as adopting a corporate policy
on compliance with copyright laws, auditing computer companies and
educating management and employees of their obligations under the
law.
The BSA study on US business software piracy in 2001 can be
found at:
www.bsa.org/piracystudy
