72% of illegal software use Panama put above the global average of piracy, a figure in that home users and companies have equal share of the blame.
According to the BSA The Software Alliance, the leading advocate for the software industry in the world with the governments and the international market, 24 companies in Panama have already been alerted to potential situations of irregularity in its software.
“We have several hundreds of companies that are being analyzed in Panama and last year 24 companies BSA alerted about potential irregular situations in the use and management of their software, said the advocate for the software industry.
also they reported that by the end of 2015, the country had more than 1,300 cases of illegal use of software.
This situation was confirmed by the prosecutor Ricaurte González of the Senior Prosecutor They specialized in crimes against intellectual and Security Ownership of the Attorney General’s Office of the Public Prosecutor.
According to information from the prosecution, this year 578 summary executions were processed, of these 275 crimes industrial property, copyright 236 and 67 security.
Other figures confirm the presence of this scourge in the country are the seizures made by customs authorities.
The National Customs Authority (ANA) reported that in 2015, by operating prophylaxis was achieved confiscate a total of 23,961 units of pirated CDs with CIF (cost, insurance and freight) of $ 24.577.
According to ANA, the fate of the CD is the Office of Intellectual Property, where they were sent to be continued research and measures to criminalize those who allegedly found responsible for this unlawful conduct.
However, they reported that after investigation, the goods are destroyed.
The term of pirated software refers to programs of software development, however, the term piracy in general if refers to any type of industrial property reproduced without permission of the author.
This type of illegal reproduction and use of the product is given both at the level of companies and home users.
The BSA said that generally in Latin America (not necessarily in Panama), the level of piracy among home users and business is rather similar.
“Companies tend to use multiple versions and copies of different software as the home user, for obvious reasons, has fewer copies. But usage trends (or the tendency of copying without permission) presents similar across both (private and public) sectors, “he added the organization.
also reported that next year will increase efforts, seeking to develop a network of partners in the public and private sectors to promote a cultural of legality, emphasizing the opportunities offered by the legal software for companies and each of the countries where they operate together.
“BSA has a number of tools many free voluntary and confidential that are aimed at supporting businesses, large, small and medium; ; to identify and correct any irregular situations in the use of software programs that often not the same companies can identify, “Rodger Correa, director of Marketing & amp noted Compliance for the Americas of BSA.
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43% is the estimated use of “software” illegal in the world, according to the BSA.
72% “software” used in Panama is illegal, exceeding the world average.
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