__/ [ peterwn ] on Friday 01 September 2006 08:48 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Fine unlicensed software users, says BSA
>>
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>> | Software industry lobby group the Business Software Alliance (BSA) has
>> | called for government to mandate stiff penalties for companies using
>> | unlicensed software.
>> |
>> | The organisation says it wants a "harder enforcement stick" to
>> | ensure compliance.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/30/fine_software_pirates_says_bsa/
>
> This is a fine bit of pontification from a Microsoft dominated
> organisation. Microsoft has been fined millions by the EU and yet
> expects everyone else to abide by the rule of law.
>
> Perhaps marketing bug infested software should be a crime under British
> law.
The bugs hurt anyone who is a Web citizen, I might add. Regardless of
software choices...
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