Beware the BSA

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04:01 | James Gaskin | Apr 30th, 2007 10:47pm |

This clip from my keynote speech at the December 6th ITEC conference in Portland, Ore., explains the tactics used by the Business Software Alliance to bully mid-sized companies into paying software fines for software they may legally own, fueled by tips generated by huge rewards offered to disgruntled employees.

Tags: ITEC, Business Software Alliance

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One Response to “Beware the BSA”

Rob Harmer:
May 14th, 2007 at 11:46 pm

James, Its not just the BSA that uses these tactics, the music and movie industry are embarking on the same path.

The BSA is also chasing up on Fonts piracy as well now!

The real issue that is being overlooked is that its not JUST the software industry thats is losing money, although we too question the “numbers published in surveys”.

The figures are irrelevant and pale into insignificance when you look at the wider issues that management face see http://www.pcprofile.com/We_Dont_Care_How_Much_The_Software_Industry_Is_Losing.pdf

Rob Harmer