Piracy rates and software protection in the time of 2008 global economic crisis: Empirical analysis for Greece, Germany and England

International Journal of Economics and Management Studies

© 2016 by SSRG - IJEMS Journal

Volume 3 Issue 2

Year of Publication : 2016

Authors : John Hlias Plikas, Hlias Plikas, Ioanna Ntini, Alexandros-Nikolaos Zattas

10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V3I3P103

How to Cite?

John Hlias Plikas, Hlias Plikas, Ioanna Ntini, Alexandros-Nikolaos Zattas, "Piracy rates and software protection in the time of 2008 global economic crisis: Empirical analysis for Greece, Germany and England," SSRG International Journal of Economics and Management Studies, vol. 3,  no. 2, pp. 10-16, 2016. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V3I3P103

Abstract:

 2008 global economic crisis were a plague in many sectors of many countries. Many countries were among those which affected the least, such as Germany and England whereas others were among those which were affected the most, such as the famous case of Greece. One sector that rises to the surface more and more as technology progresses is piracy and piracy rates, factor that belongs in those sectors that were affected. That’s where software protection policies appear. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between software security and piracy rates, collecting relevant data for three European countries of utmost significance as regarding the 2008 global economic recession, Greece, Germany and England. The reason this paper was created was to provide those factors as regarding the data selected, that affect the most the piracy rates factor as regarding the global recession. Through thorough research, using Monte Carlo simulation technique and empirical analysis we discover proof that GDP and R&D factors have a negative impact on piracy rates.

Keywords:

Piracy rates, Software protection, 2008 global economic crisis, Empirical analysis, software security.

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