Users become in the Middle East and Africa, more connected and more interested in technology in an unprecedented way, but at the same time is still the issue of piracy escalate without any signs of decline, and came in the latest study published by IDC, a research firm.
The study confirmed that the use of digital receivers and subscriptions Virtual Private Networks VPN illegal, and download through torrent sites have become heavily deployed in the Middle East and Africa region, to the extent that they pose a real threat to the system of legal production, acquisition and delivery of services and commercial activity.
Said Tracy Grant, director of digital media software and digital broadcasting firm IDC for the Middle East and Africa: "We are in the IDC we see that the illegal content broadcast the Middle East and Africa region cost the industry in excess of $ 750 million in the form of missing every year earnings. This problem leads the way user thinking that is based on non-interference, a phenomenon of the area, where many sectors of the public consider to content piracy as a matter acceptable in social terms and as a crime with no victim, it is difficult to overcome this kind of thinking, as it represents the biggest challenge facing the beneficiaries of the industry and who are looking to work with a commitment to controls. "
Tracy said: "It is clear that the mentality of the user in the region and the way of thinking towards piracy need to change, and that is not easily accessible, but there is room to educate the market in an attempt to change the trends prevailing in the region. Among the most important areas that could focus on them with regard to educating the user defined the harm caused by piracy on domestic industries, and in this aspect can simply take advantage of the concept of return on investment, as any industry is not protected will not grow, and will become the cost of innovation and production elevated hinder growth ".
Tracy indicated that the region is witnessing a rise in demand for local content, but users must be aware that this content has a price. If the product was content piracy by an independent role of production and make it available free of charge through illegal channels, the role of production this would stop the production of content that is looking for users, and from this standpoint, there is an urgent need to identify users of the damage caused by piracy on the ability of the region to develop system for local production is characterized by vitality.
