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64% of the respondents that visited our web-site and answered the survey question: “Should our state (Republic of Macedonia) discipline the stores that sell pirated software by closing them?”, considered that these shops should not be closed.
The survey was conducted by Metamorphosis - Center for Information and Communication Technologies, on its web-site ( www.metamorphosis.org.mk ), from 16th of February till 19th of April 2004.
The total number of respondents that answered the question was 773 visitors. 493 of them, or 64% answered that these shops should not be closed, 237 (31%) thought that they should be closed, 28 visitors (4%) could not choose between these two options and 15 visitors (or 2%) said they don’t know.
Here are some of the comments that the visitors left on our site (for the full list of comments, see the web-site):
We are all aware that the most logical thing is to pay the real price for the software, however, considering the economic situation in Macedonia and the poverty level, I think that it’s a good thing that people can buy even non-original version of the software. – Milan, Toronto
...If the software costs 25-30 USD, I would buy it, but the price of 160-250 USD for Windows and 180-250 USD for Office is too high for Macedonia and the salaries that people have here...- Emil, Skopje
It is too expensive for me to pay 15 euros for a CD, from my 150 euros salary.. I take care of my three children with those 150 euros. That’s why I’m completely satisfied with non-original CDs in order to keep my family updated and well-educated. – Elizabeta Tevdoska, Skopje
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