65% of software used in Peru is illegal – Management Journal

The weak cyber security situation due to lack of information, low maintenance culture effective penetration and use of informal source software .

Copyright Act punishes the illegal use of software with fines of up to 180 UIT.

The latest report BSA (The Business Software Alliance), revealed that 65% of software is illegal in Peru: that is, one in four software Pirate is infected by a virus, exposing her to the risk of information theft or loss.

The Security Intelligence Report prepared by the multinational Microsoft points out that the weak situation of cyber security in the country is mainly due to three factors: consumer misinformation about the importance of protecting their computers and mobile devices, the culture of using and maintaining effective security products that has the consumer; . and penetration in the use of informal source software

“When you buy genuine Office is primarily to ensure two things: the overall productivity have offered a product with original service and also to avoid any type of risk of a legal nature, “said Gonzalo Jourde, Marketing Manager Office Microsoft Peru.

He added that all files worked on Excel, PowerPoint, Word, or any of the programs in a pirated version “easy prey” for hackers in cyberspace.

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The International Intellectual Property Alliance ( IIPA for its acronym in English) , it has decided to keep Peru in the List of Countries under Surveillance 2015, due to poor protection to the intellectual property rights of individuals and / or companies.

This organization has collected 301 specifically the report prepared by the Office of the Trade Representative of the United States ( USTR for its acronym in English) which places Peru among the 24 countries in alertness, indicating that there are particular legal problems and / or business related to intellectual property.

Although Peru is not in the list of Priority Foreign Country, its location still speaks of a negative towards a policy-country to give adequate protection or fair and equitable access to the defense of rights IP .

* It should be noted that the Copyright Act *, Legislative Decree 822, punishes the illegal use of software with fines of up to 180 ITU (S / . 693,000), subject to payment of the charges for the time they were incurred in practice.

The Criminal Code punishes anyone who commits this crime with deprivation of liberty for up to eight years. And is that piracy can not only bring about serious damage to our devices, but also and above all to our country.

If for example disminuyese software piracy from 65% to 55%, in Peru was generated in four years 3,593 formal jobs in high technology, $ 214 million in new economic activity and $ 26 million in new taxes.