The sale of computer in Indonesia would reach up to 5 million units this year. However, the high level of computer sale has an impact on the greater software piracy. Based on a research held by IDC and Business Software Alliance (BSA) in 2009, the number of software piracy has increased once again.

 

What is meant by software piracy is limited on software installment in personal computers without any license. In 2008, software piracy in Indonesia arrived at 85 per cents. In 2009, the percentage rose again and touched 85 per cents. Indonesia is now the eighth biggest country in the world in software piracy. At the top list is Georgia with the percentage of piracy up to 95 per cents.

 

This trend of piracy is in opposite with the number of piracy in Asia Pacific that tends to decrease. BSA and IDC found that the level of piracy in the region had lowered from 61 per cents in 2008 to 59 per cents in 2009.

 

The rise of piracy level, as a matter of fact, occurs in 19 of 111 countries reviewed by IDC and BSA. Indonesia is one of the 19 countries that experience the rise of piracy. Though there are only 19 countries the piracy level of which increased, they had intensified the global percentage of piracy.

 

Financial loss due to software piracy in 2008 reached US $ 544 thousands, while in 2009 it touched US $ 886 thousands. To face this trouble, Jeffrey J. Hardee, Vice President and Regional Director of IDC Asia Pacific, recommends Indonesian government to enhance public awareness regarding piracy. Consumers should be made aware of the importance of utilizing original software.

 

In addition, as long as there are selling points of pirated software, piracy could not be eliminated. Shopping centers ought to ring a bell on their tenants not to sell pirated products since it is just the same as letting people to retail drugs.

                                                                                                                      korea copyright commission
                                                                                                                         Indonesia correspondent