“The OECD study confirms what industry has been saying all along – counterfeiting and piracy are not victimless crimes affecting only a few product categories and a few countries,”
At least $200bn (£100bn) worth of counterfeit goods were sold in 2005, an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report has said.
Piracy foe the Business Software Alliance announced yesterday that Russian companies paid its rights-holding members $7 million for the legalization of software,