Comments on: Philippine Software Piracy at 71%

By: Pinoy student

Pinoy student — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:38:36 +0000

I don’t think we can end piracy today. Adding extreme DRM/protection measures will only make it worse and will just drive away legitimate users because of the hassle of verifying, etc. But I am hopeful to think that as technology evolves, maybe something (software or hardware) may help in stopping piracy in the future.
And even if you make prices cheap, as long as there’s a form of sharing, people will still flock to pirate since free>cheap.. even 0.01 dollar software will be pirated.

Just to share a few videos that we made on software piracy. Thanks.
Lecture:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51L9xDaX1J4
Commercial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ4DoJr0uIA

By: Open Source User

Open Source User — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:07:16 +0000

I wonder how the BSA came up with figures like “71%”. Does anyone know the research methodology they used?

By: Malungkot ako. huhuhu

Malungkot ako. huhuhu — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:01:21 +0000

Ayaw po ako pagamit ng tatay ko ng GNU+Linux (spec. Ubuntu & Bayanihan) sa PC ko, kahit lang para pag-aralan ko po ito. Saan po ba makakuha ng walang-bayad na FreeBSD o OpenBSD na CD dito po sa ‘Pinas? Thanks in advance.
Viva Free/OpenSource Software!

By: Technology Business Blogger

Technology Business Blogger — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:24:10 +0000

Its sad to know that even charity organizations “prioritize” helping people over keeping their offices free from pirated stuff.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:30:37 +0000

Ayt! jeez… try reading the pirate bay’s reply to legal threats. Visit http://www.piratebay.com/legal

You’d be amazed how torrent pirates fight back to corporate giants and even calling them “MORONS”!

GO PIRATES!

By: redbaks

redbaks — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:36:45 +0000

@minor
yeah FOSS!

i still use winXP (pirated of course!)
i think bill gates won’t mind.

By: vance

vance — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:08:16 +0000

well the cost of an original windows reach around 5k to 50k.. who can afford one?!?

By: minor

minor — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:23:55 +0000

foss

By: in retrospect… -- tech, personal, love, travels, and life blogging of a deranged man

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 03:05:56 +0000

[...] this bit of news from Abe… in his post, the BSA [Business Software Alliance] said that the Philippine software piracy rate is currently at 71% or $119M, which is lower that the previous rating of 90%… if only our OpenSource initiatives will push [...]

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:53:00 +0000

In my previous company, we used 99 percent pirated software.

In my current company, we use 99 percent original software.

By: Hari Skwatir

Hari Skwatir — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:20:10 +0000

Does this cover corporate piracy as well?

Anyway, I think one of the main reason why piracy is still rampant nowadays is the unjust over-pricing of most softwares/media. If Mr. Edu “Doods” Manzano could just find a way to beat the “pirated price” maybe that would solve everything.

By: Marcvill

Marcvill — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 08:35:24 +0000

Wow the figures are surprising. With the ‘buy genuine Windows’ campaign thing and all the raids going on, I thought the Philippines is getting better at fighting piracy.

Haynaku, kaya yung mga naka pirated na Windows Vista Ultimate dyan… na nabibili sa Greenhills… mag pirated na XP Pro na lang kayo!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:43:09 +0000

I know for a fact that even government agencies are also using pirated software, particularly Windows.