| Chris Hu said: All you have to do is look at the PC sofware numbers in Germany compared to the UK to see that the PC is much more popular in Germany then in the UK on top of that Germans love to pirate stuff more then any other western European country that also goes back to the early 80s and the C64. |
Where are you getting this information from?
http://globalstudy.bsa.org/2013/downloads/studies/2013GlobalSurvey_inbrief_en.pdf
Germany had lower installations of unlicenced software, and a lower value of unlicenced software in 2013 then France (by a value exceeding $500 million).
http://globalstudy.bsa.org/2011/
Look at this list of European countries for piracy rates :
Germany 26%
UK 26%
Norway 27%
Netherlands 27%
Ireland 34%
France 37%
Portugal 40%
Spain 44%
Italy 48%
Poland 53%
How exactly do they love pirating more than anyone else? If anything, Germany seem to be on the lower end of the scale when it comes to piracy rates in Europe. However, they have a population of over 80 million people (the highest in Europe if you discount Russia). So obviously the total value of pirated software there is going to be high, even with lower piracy rates.
