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News The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has just released the results of its continued crackdown on software piracy, and gave silicon.com's cameras access to its operations - a video item you'll be able to see next week. [18 Oct 2000]
Software piracy - the BSA want to help you to be compliant
News The Business Software Alliance (BSA) is launching a 'software detox' campaign to encourage users to get up to date with software compliance and get rid of illegal merchandise. The BSA's research has... [10 Feb 2004]
Software miscreants: 'fess up and the BSA will let you off
News The Business Software Alliance (BSA) is urging any users who believe they may be in breach of software licences or copyright to "throw their hands up" and confess their crimes in exchange for immunity from prosecution. [25 Sep 2003]
Software piracy hurting UK business, claims BSA
News The latest research from the BSA, carried out by IDC, has found that 29 per cent of software in the UK is pirated and while that is lower than the European average (37 per cent) and the global average (36 per cent) it is... [07 Jul 2004]
5 years ago...BSA demands action on piracy
News 13.10.1999:The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has written to the European Parliament and heads of EU member states demanding action on software piracy. First, the BSA wants the punishments for forging... [13 Oct 2004]
Software pirate sent down in victory for BSA
News Lewisham Council Trading Standards and the BSA conducted the joint investigation into the activities of Bilal Khan, 23. Khan, who the BSA claims was turning over around £300,000 per year, used online... [04 Jul 2003]
The best of 'Reader Comments': BT downtime and the BSA under fire
Comment FAST do a great job on their own to get things checked so I think this is just BSA's idea of validating itself. From the past seven days, we present some reactions to stories about downtime on BT's UK national network... [23 Nov 2001]
BSA 'show of force' over Scottish software licence breaches
News Mike Newton, BSA spokesman, said: "We normally like to solve these cases amicably. Frazier International, one of the UK's main IT recyclers with subsidiaries in Malaysia and the US, has received a court summons over... [22 Mar 2001]
Piracy reward makes the grass grow keener
News The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has given a £4,000 reward to a secret squirrel who exposed Scottish company Frazier for possessing £40,000 worth of illegal software. Callers to the BSA hotline get... [23 May 2001]
Why the software police is facing opposition
Comment The Business Software Alliance (BSA) wants to crackdown on software piracy and it has come up with a cunning new plan. IT departments across the UK will soon be asked to fill out the BSA's '2001 Software... [22 Nov 2001]
Software piracy swoop nets $2.2m
News The Business Software Alliance (BSA) - a trade group supported by Apple, Intuit, Microsoft and about 20 others - has collected $2.2m in out-of-court settlements in its annual software piracy sweep. The... [13 Oct 2004]
Legal action pending for software pirates
News The BSA says its main focus is now the internet, where auction sites provide an ideal ground for peddling unlicensed software. The BSA has taken action against individuals operating through sites... [16 Nov 2000]
Work software piracy grasses to get £20,000
News The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has doubled the money it will give to anyone telling tales on software pirates. Originally, the BSA gave rewards to those who shared details of their employer's or... [05 Nov 2004]
High-tech firms the worst for software piracy
News The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has highlighted the worst sectors for use of pirated software, maintaining it isn't trying to hound companies but educate them. The two areas together account for over half of the 75... [19 Mar 2003]
Anti-piracy team goes on net offensive in Asia
News The Business Software Alliance (BSA), whose members include large firms such as Adobe and Microsoft, has recently aimed its software-sniffing web crawler specifically at Asia-Pacific sites, said a spokesman. [05 Jun 2003]
