Microsoft calls for govt, industry support to combat piracy

According to the seventh annual global software piracy study released today by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), an international association representing the global software industry, in partnership with market research firm IDC, PC software piracy rates in Botswana, Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe averaged 83% in 2009.

"While we see some signs that the technology industry's intensified anti-piracy education activities and enforcement actions in collaboration with local governments and law enforcement agencies are making a difference, we have watched software piracy rates decline by only one percent in the region over the past five years," said Andrew Waititu, License Compliance Manager for Microsoft East & Southern Africa.