Software Piracy in Indonesia

Posted by mxyzplk On February - 25 - 2009

Companies in Indonesia seems to be to start thinking legalized software. Police action against illegal software users increasingly hard. In addition, the software industry can optimized four times if piracy down.

PT MI engineering and construction company in the Permata Hijau Jakarta sting apparatus Mabes firmly by police. PT MI using Autocad pirated software for operational and commercial.

“When this case is currently in phase checks. I will soon be expected to Kejaksaaan because pemeriksaannya process is almost finished, “said investigator Directorate Special Economic Mabes Polri AKBP Rusharyanto in Jakarta on Tuesday (24 / 2).

Business Software Alliance (BSA) calculate if piracy can be pressed in Indonesia may be minimal, the growth of business software companies including Autodesk could increase four-fold. “The main competitors in the software is pirated products,” said License Compliance Manager South East Asia Pte Ltd Autodesk, Ronald Chua.

Action piracy losses rise in the cost of innovation. Chua said Autodesk annually allocates funds of U.S. $ 20-30 million for research and development (R & D). Research activities to produce the new software with more advanced technology to the next year. If dibajak software, the vendor will not get funding for further development.

“Piracy is also harm our partners in Indonesia to sell the original Autodesk products,” he said.

Ronald describes the main problem the software market is still the size of the ASEAN action against software piracy original. Pirated software in 2007 in Indonesia reached 84%. While the piracy rate in Vietnam reached 87%.

Autodesk also developed a program that does not easily null products. With programs such as protection devices, the hardware lock so that each product is difficult to be doubled.

But programs such as the protection is always successfully penetrated and distributed via the Internet. Autodesk itself the program had been in the hundreds of companies about the dangers of using pirated software.

“But they do not bother, we join the police to protect our product,” accuse him. Companies often use the Autodesk software is pirated in the field of construction, interior design and animation.

While Autodesk products that are most often nulled is AutoCAD 2004, AutoCAD LT & Full Version and Autodesk 3D Max. Chua did not mention the value of losses from piracy. AutoDesk software, but prices in the market at around U.S. $1000 to U.S. $8000.