» Piracy
The estimated piracy in PC games sector for Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia is around 80% to 90%.
We estimate that piracy in Poland is higher than in Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The major problem is the mass piracy on silver CD's sold widely in Poland at a price of approximately 20 PLN (4,5 EUR).
BSA reports prepared by International Planning and Research Corporation
Software piracy rates
| |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
| Poland |
77% |
75% |
71% |
61% |
61% |
60% |
54% |
53% |
54% |
| Czech Republic |
66% |
62% |
53% |
52% |
45% |
42% |
43% |
43% |
44% |
Software producers losses [$M]
| |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
| Poland |
208 |
150 |
169 |
108 |
142 |
165 |
104 |
96 |
137 |
| Czech Republic |
97 |
56 |
69 |
52 |
43 |
37 |
45 |
34 |
55 |
International Intellectual Property Alliance 2002 estimated trade losses due to copyright piracy (Entertainment software only)
| |
Loss [$M] |
Piracy Level |
| Poland |
337.7 |
91% |
last update: July 31, 2009
