Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 07:50:41 +0200https://english.radio.cz/controversial-paid-informants-programme-helps-curb-software-piracy-says-czech-8291956© 2026 Radio Prague International Software piracy levels in the Czech Republic decreased slightly in 2013, according to a freshly released study by BSA, an anti-piracy group representing several global software firms. The study says that 34 percent of computer programmes in the country were used without licences last year, down from 35 percent in 2012. BSA’s methods of calculating the rate have been disputed, and the group has also been criticized for paying informants to report the use of illegal software in their companies. But BSA says the controversial programme has borne fruit. I sat down with the spokesman of the group’s Czech branch, Jan Hlaváč, and asked him what he thought the main reasons behind the decline were. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/4f5197446b1f6808606b2a0aab5e5a67.png?timestamp=1583150525 https://english.radio.cz/controversial-paid-informants-programme-helps-curb-software-piracy-says-czech-8291956 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9