That value amounted to about 60 percent of all legal global desktop software sales of $51 billion, said the Business Software Alliance (BSA).
In dollar terms, the losses were greatest in Western Europe, where an estimated $9.6 billion of pirated software was installed on machines, followed by Asia and North America.
Vietnam and China were singled out as the piracy capitals, accounting for 92 percent of all computer software installed. Ukraine, Indonesia and Russia again ranked in the top 10, the BSA said.
Source: CNN
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