Software piracy

Software piracy

South Africa: Software piracy cost firms R3.64m in 2016

South African companies paid more than R3.64 million for using unlicensed software in 2016. This is according to data from BSA | The Software Alliance, a non-profit, global trade association created to advance the goals of the software industry and its hardware partners. This figure includes settlements (R1,66 million) and the cost of acquiring new software to become compliant (R1.98 million). In ... »