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South Africa
Estimated Trade Losses due to Copyright Piracy (in millions of US dollars) and Levels of Piracy: 2002-2006
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2006
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2005
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2004
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2003
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2002
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Loss
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Level
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Loss
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Level
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Loss
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Level
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Loss
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Level
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Loss
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Level
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| Business Software |
119.0
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35%
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116.0
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36%
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107.0
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37%
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87.0
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36%
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35.6
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34%
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| Motion Pictures |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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35.0
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40%
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35.0
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40%
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30.0
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30%
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| Records & Music |
N/A
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N/A
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8.5
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70%
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8.0
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65%
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3.0
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55%
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N/A
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25%
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| Entertainment Software |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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| Books |
3.0
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N/A
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2.0
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N/A
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2.0
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N/A
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2.5
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N/A
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14.0
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N/A
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| TOTALS |
122.0
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126.5
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152.0
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127.5 |
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79.6
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Source: International Intellectual Property Alliance  |
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SUMMARY STATISTICS 1997 – 2006, SAFACT.
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South Africa is ranked 18th in the 2005 PC Software Piracy Rankings: 20 Countries with the Lowest Piracy Rates, yet lost $212 million to software piracy the same year. |
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Cutting the software piracy rate in South Africa by 10 percentage points over a four year period could generate 2,400 new jobs, $1.7 billion in economic growth and $131 billion in tax revenues. The local IT sector would increase 42% to 49% by 2009 to create a $10 billion industry. (1)
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