Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Cut Piracy, Get more Jobs

Reducing software piracy in India by ten per cent over the next four years can generate an additional 44,000 new IT jobs, $3.1 billion in economic growth, and $200 million in tax revenues, according to a study released today by the Business Software Alliance (BSA). The study predicts an additional $208 million in revenues to local vendors alone. Further, reducing software piracy in Asia by just ten percentage points can generate 435,000 new jobs, over $40 billion in economic growth, and over $5 billion in tax revenues above current projections, the study revealed.

(sources: Ciol.com)

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