In nine years of software piracy dropped 11 percentage points – The Economist

Based on those figures, said the Treasury in Mexico lost between 40 and 80 million annually for the use of illegal software.

Veracruz, Ver. During the past nine years, the software industry in Mexico has shown a sustained decline in indicators of piracy by 11 percentage points, revealed Kiyoshi Tsuru, CEO, Business Software Alliance (BSA Mexico).

The manager reported that in 2005, 65% of computer programs used commercially in the country were illegal, and fortunately, in 2013 the figure represented 54 percent.

“This we speaks of the partnership between the public and private sectors in the software industry is working; in 2013 only 1.211 million dollars was lost on account of illegal software used in the country, “he revealed.

Based on those figures, he said that the treasury in Mexico lost between 40 and 80 million annually for the use of illegal software.

He asserted that under this scenario the chance of recovery which represents the legalization of informal market between illegal, “is a huge opportunity for the country.”

As part of the First Regional Forum Combating Illicit Trade, Tsuru reported that by putting Mexico in a global context and assess the involvement of the illicit, the country occupies the eleventh place with a rate of 54% in the use . pirate software

Tsuru explained that the top of this illicit occupies. United States, followed by China, India, Brazil, France, Russia and Germany

“The outlook shows us that we have a significant opportunity area we must attack in coming years, so will not lower our guard, “he said.

Y added that in taxes, Mexico has two sources of revenue losses by the use of pirated software; the first is the value added tax, and a strong component of income tax.

Tsuru said that to combat this problem entirely due conscientizar the population and provide more information on the use of computer tools at your fingertips.

remembered that financial and fiscal risks from the use of illegal software involve financial losses during the high possibility of infringements pay, allowances and expenses.