Ukraine took the second place in Europe in terms of pirated software, music and video content. And the first place is for Moldova, where the piracy level is as much as 90%!. This report will be provided by research company IDC (Internet Copyright Management), which deals with the protection of intellectual property rights on the Internet.
A company representative said that "Well, if legal sales are at least 1% of all downloadable music and video".
Because of piracy in Ukraine also suffers from the company Microsoft, which for five years in the country sustained a loss of about $ 1 billion in profits.
A Microsoft representative of Ukraine said that in 2008 the level of piracy in the country stood at 84%, then up to the 2009 figure will be a few percent more. The worst situation is only in Moldova - 90%.
Sales drives and digital music in the world last year dropped by 10%, said in the report Digital Music Report, presented by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). The main reason is still piracy.
The overall situation is improving all the same: legal digital music sales grew last year by 12% - to 4,2 billion dollars.
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