BSA offers Â£20,000 bounty to stop software thieves

Quakester2000

November 5, 2004

GristyMcFisty used our news submit to tell us that the Business Software Alliance (BSA) is now offering up to Â£20,000 to people that report pirated software that's being used in an organisation. A report commissioned by the BSA showed that nearly half of working people would get agitated if they thought pirate software was in use at their work.

Normally the BSA only offers a maximum of Â£10,000 for anonymous reports but will be offering up to Â£20,000 till the end of the year. They are obviously hoping for more people from larger organisations to give them information about pirate software in use.

THE BUSINESS SOFTWARE Alliance (BSA) reckons that nearly one in three applications used in the United Kingdom is illegal and is offering up to a Â£20,000 reward for people who tell it about pirated software use in an organisation.It commissioned extra research from YouGov which suggested that nearly half of working people in this country would get agitated if they knew illegal software was being used at work. Normally, said the BSA, it awards a maximum of Â£10,000 for anonymous reports about illegal software being used. But in the run up to Yule, it has upped the ceiling for the bounty to twice that.There"s more details on the BSA web site, here (www.bsa.org).

Maybe they should have had their own slogan. Slogan = Want some extra cash this Christmas to spend? Then why not sell out your employer and get up to Â£20,000.

Can anyone else come up with a better one?

Source: The Inquirer