FabSwingers.com forum: Piracy in Africa

By *hyllyphylly OP Man
over a year ago

Bradford

And I'm not talking about Somalia...

I wanted to share a positive thing about copyright infringement.

It seems that online piracy is actually beneficial to people living in Africa.

the African Governance and Development Institute conducted an in-depth study comparing piracy and human development data from 11 African countries.

“The Impact of Software Piracy on Inclusive Human Development: Evidence from Africa” show that “software piracy increases literacy”.

But of course, the people who own the copyright are trying to protect their property.

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Aaarrrrrrrrggggghhhhhh that be what pirates call Hornswaggle......

arrrrrggghhhh.....

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If I was a African leader, I would give the usual tutt-tutt and do nothing whatsoever to prevent it, if it increases education then eventually that countries inhabitants would become rich enough to afford to buy it.

I work in manufacturing and the shits in suits upstairs moaning about copyright infringements on our products made in China, so why make it there?

Apple are number 1 in the mobile game, in ten years (maybe much less) time they will be bankrupt or taken over by the Chinese.