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Reference
Title: | Global Consumer Perception Research: Attitudes On Counterfeit Software |
Author: | [TNS] |
Source: | Microsoft |
Year: | 2010 |
Details
Subject/Type: | Piracy |
Focus: | Software |
Country/Territory: | Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, International, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Poland, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Spain, Türkiye, United Kingdom, United States of America |
Objective: | To learn more about consumer perceptions about counterfeit software. |
Sample: | 38,000+ consumers over the age of 18 |
Methodology: | Online survey |
Main Findings
Consumers know the difference between genuine and counterfeit software (two thirds considered that there is a real difference between counterfeit and genuine software) and think that genuine software performs better (in terms of security, reliability and maintenance).
Consumers are more likely to recommend genuine rather than counterfeit software, with 82% recommending to “buy genuine software, even if it costs more”. Three quarters of respondents considered counterfeit software unsafe, with risks such as data loss, identity theft and funding of crime.
[Date Added: Feb 7, 2011 ]