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J Am Dent Assoc, Vol 138, No 7, 948.
© 2007 American Dental Association
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CYBERNEWS

REVAMPED ADVOCACY AREA LAUNCHED ON ADA.ORG
If you have not been to ADA.org lately to find information about the American Dental Association’s advocacy activities and initiatives, you have not had the opportunity to see the new and improved advocacy content area launched in April.

Building on the ADA’s existing library of advocacy materials and encompassing new programs and grass-roots initiatives, the revamped advocacy area features a variety of enhancements, including

– breaking advocacy news featured on the landing page;
– an all-new A-to-Z listing of advocacy issues;
– the addition of the ADA National Oral Health Agenda;
– updated information on the American Dental Political Action Committee (ADPAC) and the ADA’s Grassroots Action Team Network;
– links to all of the Association’s advocacy publications, including Your Dental Advocate, State Legislative Report and Washington Weekly Update.

To learn more about how your association is advocating for dentistry and how you can participate, visit "www.ada.org/goto/advocacy".

ARTICLES BY E-MAIL
Did you know that ADA members can receive electronic copies of dental journal articles from the ADA Library via e-mail? Most requests are processed within two days for a fee of $7 per article.

There’s no wait for regular postal delivery, and the quality of the scanned images is as good as that of a photocopy and better than that of a fax. The ADA Library has received positive feedback from members who have used the service: "Great service"; "Fast and convenient"; "Your delivery time was excellent"; and "Downloading PDF files from server was error-free; I think the new service is terrific."

To request an article or for more information, call the ADA Library toll-free at Ext. 2653.

SOFTWARE PIRACY
Approximately 35 percent of all the software installed on personal computers (PCs) worldwide in 2006 was obtained illegally, accounting for nearly $40 billion in losses for the global software industry.

That finding comes from an annual report on global software piracy released by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), an organization representing commercial software publishers.

According to the BSA, for every $2 worth of software purchased legally worldwide, a dollar’s worth was obtained illegally. With a projected $350 billion spent on PC software over the next four years, more than $180 billion in software will be pirated, the BSA report predicted.

Of all the countries studied, the United States had the lowest rate of piracy, at 21 percent; however, it also had the greatest total losses due to software fraud, at some $7.3 billion. Emerging countries in Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa accounted for about one-third of all PC hardware shipments but just 10 percent of spending on software purchased through legal channels.

The BSA study, now in its fourth year, was conducted independently by information technology market research and forecasting firm IDC.

FOOTNOTES

HOW TO REACH YOUR ADA

PHONE 1-312-440-2500, For ADA’s members-only toll-free line, see your membership card

FAX 1-312-440-7494

ONLINE www.ada.org

211 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60611


Reported by Joe Hoyle, electronic media editor, "hoylej{at}ada.org".





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