Software piracy in Montenegro is amongst the highest in the world with 83% of computer programmes illegally copied in 2007, a study released on Thursday showed. <\/p>\n
Montenegro’s economy has lost about seven million dollars in 2007 due to unpaid taxes on software sales, said a study done by Business Software Alliance, an industry group.<\/p>\n
The scale of the problem is such that Montenegro ranks among 20 countries with highest illegal software rates in the world.<\/p>\n
Oliver Obradovic of Microsoft Montenegro said "most of the government departments, financial institutions and big companies have installed licenced software" since 2005, when anti-piracy legislation was put in place.<\/p>\n
"Small businesses and individuals present the biggest problem," he noted.<\/p>\n
Software piracy remains widespread throughout the Balkans, aggravated in part by the relatively high price of registered software, observers say.<\/p>\n
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