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Warren Weertman is an Associate at commercial law firm Bowman Gilfillan, one of the largest South African corporate law firms with operations in Sandton (Johannesburg), Cape Town and London. He writes:

"A massive 35% of all computer software used in the South African economy is thought to be unlicensed or pirated. This equates to a staggering annual loss to the economy of R1,5 billion. Recent studies have suggested that if the software piracy rate was reduced by 10%, this would result in an additional spend of R6 billion in the IT sector, plus the creation of more than 1,000 high-income jobs."

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 Philip Copeman counters , "Warren when you write something as bad as this, I am obliged to correct you. I am sure you are a competent corporate lawyer and from the tone of your writing, you undoubtedly number Commercial Software companies among your clients, but please stay off the voodoo economics and really think it through before you blurt it out....