A study commissioned by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) revealed a correlation between rates of software piracy and the overall size of a country's Information Technology sector. The industry group claims that countries with high rates of software piracy, such as China and Russia, have relatively small IT sectors, as measured as a portion of each country's overall gross domestic product. Tax revenues are also lost to software piracy. The BSA says that reducing piracy rates could lead to growth in a country's IT sector specifically and in the economy overall. The BSA projected that reducing the piracy rate by 10 points over four years could create 1.5 million jobs globally and generate $64 billion in tax revenue.
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