BSA | The Software Alliance (www.bsa.org) is the leading advocate for the global software industry before governments and in the international marketplace. Its members are among the world's most innovative companies, creating software solutions that spark the economy and improve modern life. With headquarters in Washington, DC, and operations in more than 60 countries around the world, BSA pioneers compliance programs that promote legal software use and advocates for public policies that foster technology innovation and drive growth in the digital economy.

One of BSA's main activities is improving awareness of the risks associated with unlicensed software. The BSA Global Software Survey is conducted every other year for BSA by IDC, which this year polled computer users in 34 markets including nearly 22,000 consumer and business PC users and more than 2,000 IT managersThe Survey estimates the volume and value of unlicensed software installed on personal computers across more than 110 national and regional economies. The results of the 2013 Survey have recently been published. They show that a striking 47% of the software installed on personal computers in Cyprus in 2013 was not properly licensed.

Andreas Neocleous & Co LLC is the outside legal counsel of BSA in Cyprus and Nicosia partner Nicolas Ktenas has been helping BSA to draw attention to the survey and to the benefits of using genuine software, by undertaking numerous interviews with local media.
To read a selection of the interviews and the BSA's own news release on its survey, please click on the links below.

Financial Mirror interview (English)
Politis interview (Greek)
Cyprus News Agency interview (Greek)
BSA news release (English)

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