Comments on: Software Piracy – A Business Development Indicator? http://blog.avangate.com/software-piracy-study/ Software Sales Tips | Software Business Blog Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:03:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: stere http://blog.avangate.com/software-piracy-study/comment-page-1/#comment-2798 stere Wed, 20 May 2009 08:27:05 +0000 http://blog.avangate.com/?p=1004#comment-2798 Hi Oana and thanks for your comment. Let me get right to the point :) When planning a business development strategy you have to take into consideration other factors, more important that the piracy rate, like market size, regional and local particularities, development possibilities on short / medium / long term and so on. But you can also look at the evolution of the software piracy rate indicator to get an idea about the stage of the software market development in that country / region. ;) 1. Nobody says that home users have to buy the software they're "stealing"; it's purely a status-quo at the time the study was done. And, from what I understand in the document, the total software units indicator (which is used when determining the piracy rate) includes free or open-source software. 2. About the emerging markets' piracy rate - I think there is a correlation between the industry growth rate (as a value, not as percentage) and the size of the market - the bigger the market size, the higher the growth rate. Hi Oana and thanks for your comment. Let me get right to the point :)

When planning a business development strategy you have to take into consideration other factors, more important that the piracy rate, like market size, regional and local particularities, development possibilities on short / medium / long term and so on. But you can also look at the evolution of the software piracy rate indicator to get an idea about the stage of the software market development in that country / region. ;)

1. Nobody says that home users have to buy the software they’re “stealing”; it’s purely a status-quo at the time the study was done. And, from what I understand in the document, the total software units indicator (which is used when determining the piracy rate) includes free or open-source software.
2. About the emerging markets’ piracy rate – I think there is a correlation between the industry growth rate (as a value, not as percentage) and the size of the market – the bigger the market size, the higher the growth rate.

]]> By: Oana http://blog.avangate.com/software-piracy-study/comment-page-1/#comment-2789 Oana Tue, 19 May 2009 21:27:46 +0000 http://blog.avangate.com/?p=1004#comment-2789 Sure, you could look at it that way, but I don't think they're linked directly. Reasons: 1. Figures include home users piracy who won't necessarily buy that software, even if they're "stealing" it for now. Most probably they will look for free alternatives to prevent legal liabilities. 2. What if it's just a fact that in emerging markets (the ones with higher piracy rates) the industry has higher growth rates?:) Sure, you could look at it that way, but I don’t think they’re linked directly. Reasons:
1. Figures include home users piracy who won’t necessarily buy that software, even if they’re “stealing” it for now. Most probably they will look for free alternatives to prevent legal liabilities.
2. What if it’s just a fact that in emerging markets (the ones with higher piracy rates) the industry has higher growth rates?:)

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