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Software Piracy Declining, BSA Finds (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News) - The Business Software Alliance on Tuesday unveiled results of a global study on software piracy, which showed that piracy rates are on the decline. However, the dollar value placed on pirated goods slightly increased.

Study: Software piracy rate remains the same in 2005 (Macworld.com via Yahoo! News) - Thirty-five percent of the packaged software installed on PCs worldwide in 2005 was pirated, the same percentage as in 2004, according to a study released Tuesday by the Business Software Alliance (BSA).

Software piracy falls in China and Russia (International Herald Tribune) - The computer software industry is making modest progress in its efforts to encourage computer users in China, Russia and other developing economies to pay for their software rather than copying it illegally, according to a report published Tuesday.

VA Software Finance Chief Resigns (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - VA Software Corp. said Tuesday its Chief Financial Officer Kathleen McElwee will resign as of June 9 to work for a private company in consumer directed health market.

CFO leaving Fremont's VA Software (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - VA Software Corp. on Tuesday said Kathleen McElwee, senior vice president and chief financial officer, is resigning effective June 9.

Software Piracy Said Down in China, Russia (Washington Post) - WASHINGTON -- Makers of computer software report that piracy rates, while still high, declined slightly in both China and Russia last year, but that global losses from the use of illegal computer software rose to $34 billion.

Report: Software piracy costs $34 billion (CNET) - Losses worldwide are up $1.6 billion from 2004, IDC study finds. About one out of every three software copies is pirated.

VA Software Finance Chief Resigns (KiplingerForecasts.com) - (AP) FREMONT, Calif. VA Software Corp. said Tuesday its Chief Financial Officer Kathleen McElwee will resign as of June 9 to work for a private company in consumer directed health market.

Gemcom Software to acquire private Australian mining software firm (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) - VANCOUVER (CP) - Gemcom Software International Inc. (TSX:GCM) has signed a non-binding letter of intent to acquire Australian firm Surpac Minex Group Pty Ltd., the Vancouver-based firm said Tuesday.

Industry group says software piracy down in China and Russia (USA Today) - Makers of computer software report that piracy rates, while still high, declined slightly in both China and Russia last year, but that global losses from the use of illegal computer software rose to $34 billion. A new report says 35% of the packaged software installed on personal computers worldwide in 2005 was illegal.