Adobe Counteracts Software Piracy In India

Adobe Systems has announced that it is combating software piracy and non-compliance through a campaign comprising combined education and enforcement measures. The campaign, which targets both end users and businesses in India that are using and profiting from pirated Adobe software, began in New Delhi with a number of enforcement activities.

“Adobe is working hard to educate the market on the risks associated with using pirated software as it is often corrupt, can breach personal and business information security, and even interrupt business continuity as businesses recover from the damages,” said Sandeep Mehrotra, director of sales at Adobe, India. “We will continue to promote intellectual property protection by working alongside local governments and agencies to identify resellers, businesses and end-users who produce, distribute and sell unauthorised copies of Adobe software.”

According to the Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study released by Business Software Alliance (BSA), 69 percent of personal computer software in 2007 was obtained illegally, impacting revenues of businesses in the region.

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Additionally, an IDC economic impact study released in January of this year found that reducing PC software piracy in India by ten percentage points over a period of four years could generate an additional 44,000 new jobs, $3.1 billion in economic growth, and $200 million in tax revenues.

During recent enforcement measures in New Dehli, law enforcement agencies seized hundreds of unlicenced copies of Adobe products, including Adobe Photoshop CS3, The Adobe Creative Suite 3, Adobe Acrobat 8, Adobe Flash CS3, Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 and Adobe Illustrator CS3.