BSA report

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) announced that as a result of actions taken in the first half of 2008, 18,314 internet auctions around the world were shut down. These auctions offered 45,000 illegal copies of software worth a combined 22$ million.

In addition to closing auction sites, BSA wants to prevent distribution of illegal files via P2P networks. Therefore, in the first half of 2008, the organization issued 48,000 notices related to BitTorrent files sharing by 633,000 P2P users, with a total value of 525$ million.

BSA regularly watches auctions using a special system designed to detect illegal software.

The most recent BSA report can be downloaded as a PDF file.