Workshop on software piracy for journalists
Currently, 84 percent (Global PC Software Piracy Study) of the software used in Pakistan is pirated and if this rate is cut down to 66 percent in the next four years, around 12,000 new jobs will be created in the IT sector. We count on the media to help increase awareness about legitimate software which will lead to the creation of new and better jobs in the IT sector, promote investment and will encourage software development in the country.
Also present at the occasion was Ameena Saiyid, Chairperson of Anti Counterfeit & Infringement Forum (ACIF) and of IPR Subcommittee, Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce & Industry and also the Managing Director of Oxford University Press. She expressed appreciation over Microsoft Pakistans efforts in creating awareness and said, I am extremely pleased that Microsoft Pakistan has undertaken this initiative to unveil the threats posed by piracy in general and software piracy in particular, by educating the masses about its harmful effects through media.
