Software counterfeiting decreases from 60% in 1999 to 54% last year

According to analysis by International Planning and Research Corporation, commissioned by Business Software Alliance (BSA), an organization of computer program producers, counterfeiting fell in Poland from 60% in 1999 to 54% at the end of last year. "Reality went beyond our expectations," commented BSA spokesman Krzysztof Janiszewski. He added that this decrease is the result of an anti-piracy campaign targeted at small- and medium-sized companies. The campaign had some influence on the increase in the legal sale of programs recorded in February, March and April of 2001. Microsoft, for instance, has recorded a 200% sales increase in 2001 compared to the same period last year. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p.5) A.Z.