Software makers say piracy is becoming a bigger problem than ever before - so what can be done?

Pirate key on computer keyboard.

• Software piracy is big in China, Russia and India – and growing in Germany
• Many track telemetry but do nothing with it, reducing observability
• Clear functional pricing is the key to stamping out piracy

Despite increasingly stringent measures and the growing popularity of subscription-based packages, one-third (31%) of software makers now say piracy is a major source of revenue leakage.