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Study names Zimbabwe as software piracy culprit

A recent study by the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has detailed the state of global software piracy, and has named Zimbabwe as one of seven countries with the highest rates of illegal software usage.

18 May 2009

The other six countries are Georgia , Bangladesh , Armenia , Sri Landa, Azerbaijan and Moldova.

According to the report, “Software piracy grew last year, accounting for 41% of all PC software installed, with losses to companies estimated at US$53 billion.”

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