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BSA doubles reward for snitches

article published on 1 December, 2009

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has announced that they have now doubled the reward for workers who whistleblow on their bosses for using pirated software. The reward is now £20,000. The move comes amidst new research that showed that about 70 percent of all workers in London would turn on their bosses for "dodgy business practices" while 20 percent of those said they would be ... [ read the full article ]

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snardos
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_ 		1. December 2009 @ 13:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The companies would now be spending thousands more on software licenses. I don't see how that would help them pay more employees.
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KSib
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_ 		1. December 2009 @ 19:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yeah, I don't see the benefit in snitching unless you're about to quit and hate your job lol. I also don't trust these numbers. If people are pirating the software, what makes you think they'll go buy it if they get caught? I'd just use a free or much cheaper alternative.

I don't see any business mass buying: Windows, Photoshop, Office, or other products if they resorted to piracy in the first place. Chances are they don't have much money to spend on these things so they won't end up spending money on them anyway if they get caught. 13,000 jobs gained is a pretty bold statement to back up this argument. Then like snardos said, even if jobs are gained, if they were required to pay for this software then the money has to come from somewhere, right?

No, they shouldn't be pirating, but encouraging snitching is HARDLY the way to do it.
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KillerBug
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_ 		2. December 2009 @ 03:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
They act like they want to prevent corportate misconduct, but their only concern is that these companies buy licences. The BSA would be happy if every company on earth was trafficing sex slaves...so long as they pay for their software.

The 13,000 new jobs estimate is a bit silly...we all know that if these companies suddenly had the money to hire 13,000 people...the executives would steal half of it, and put the rest into the company caufers. No one would get hired, and they might even downsize the company in the next quarter in order to artificialy extend the profit margin groth.
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