Thursday, March 19, 2009

The crisis has increased the share of pirated discs and 80 per cent.

The percentage of pirated products in the market of DVD-and CD-ROM drive in Russia increased from 70-75 to 80 percent, writes the newspaper Kommersant. The reason for increasing the share of pirated products - the desire of customers to save during the economic crisis.
According to the company "GFK Rus', in January 2009, sales of licensed DVD-ROM drive in Russia fell by nine percent compared to December 2008. However, in December 2008 were sold at 11 per cent more than regular DVD-ROM drive, than in November.
Dealers of DVD-and CD-ROM drive argue that since December 2008 to March 2009 the market declined by about 25 per cent. According to the rights, since that time, sales of licensed products dropped by 40-50 percent.
In 2008, the volume of Russian market of licensed DVD-and CD-ROM drive was from a half to two billion dollars. For five years this market has grown by 25-30 percent annually.

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