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$5.7 million settlement in Japanese software piracy case

article published on 7 September, 2011

BSA members reach settlement with organization using illegitimate licenses. The settlement is to be paid out by a Japanese computer software planning and production company based in Kanto, Japan. The infringing licenses were for software products developed and sold by BSA members Adobe, Autodesk and Microsoft. The case originated with a report lodged with the BSA Japan software piracy ... [ read the full article ]

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KillerBug
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_ 		7. September 2011 @ 04:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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We continue to be surprised by the sheer number of reports being made of large organizations involved in software license infringements
It probably has something to do with the penalties...when a corporation gets caught pirating software they end up paying 1/4 wholesale price as a "punishment".
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Mysttic
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_ 		7. September 2011 @ 12:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yea. $5.7 mil seems a little on the low side considering...
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