Israel’s virtuous pirates arrr acknowledged for decreasing software piracy
Posted on May 17, 2007 • By Rebecca Markowitz
Category: Technology |
Haaretz tells the following hilarious joke followed by some praise of Israel’s improving software piracy stats..
One nation, one disk. That’s what they used to say about Israel, and what they meant is that one Israeli would actually buy the software, then everybody else would copy it. A recent study by IDC reveals however, that the joke is obsolete.
…Israel ranked 15th among the 20 countries with the lowest incidence of software piracy.
…The U.S. ranks the highest, with the lowest incidence of bootleg software - 21%. Second is New Zealand. But the U.S. , being a giant market, suffered the worst losses due to piracy: $7.3 billion, IDC found. Read more
Galya Yemini, “Israel among top 20 most virtuous nations regarding software piracy”, Haaretz, May 15, 2007
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Great graphic - did you make that?!