
The United States has the most reported intellectual property violations in august with over $76m in seizures. France was in second place at $9.7m and the UK's £4.9m came in at third place. According the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and market researcher IDC, 27% of all software in use in the UK is pirated, costing the software industry about £1bn. "If the UK achieved a 10 per cent reduction in software piracy, an additional £10bn could be raised towards UK GDP while 40,000 jobs could created in the IT sector." said Najeeb Khan, spokesperson for the BSA.
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Silicon.com