BSA Says 41% of Software On Personal Computers Is Pirated 569
An anonymous reader writes "Individuals are turning to P2P networks and auction sites in staggering numbers to acquire or transfer illegal software and in doing so are harming the economy whilst exposing themselves to malware, identity theft and criminal prosecution, according to a report from the Business Software Alliance. Beyond P2P and auction site piracy, the report also draws correlations between Internet piracy and the spread of malware such as viruses, trojans and spyware, which often exploit vulnerabilities in illegal software that does not benefit from security updates provided by manufacturers. Although the correlation is not universal, geographies with high instances of software piracy suffer from high instances of malware."
Two of the three letters in their name... (Score:5, Funny)
are true. We'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to decide which.
Well, if that's how they want to think about it... (Score:4, Funny)
Then far be it from me to not meet their expectations.
"Hey kids! Remember that new game you wanted? Well, I need to get us up to quota!"
Oooooo pretty graph! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Two of the three letters in their name... (Score:4, Funny)
BA? None of them have Master's or PhDs? It's all arts, no sciences degrees? None are left with only high school diplomas or GEDs? None are high school dropouts?
Next you'll say they all got degrees in the same subject!
Re:Two of the three letters in their name... (Score:3, Funny)
I'm curious....Was the BSA formed as a result of any actions by IBM?!
Bloat (Score:5, Funny)
Re:41? (Score:5, Funny)
While you're guessing with such precision, why not choose 42% and grab more nerd eyes?
Because pirating software is not the answer to life the universe and everything.
The proprietary centerpiece.... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Piracy on home computers (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Hmmm... (Score:3, Funny)
Why, yes, I distinctly recall, when I bought my last mainboard on the hotbed, er, Ebay, the pirates that sold it to me tried to offer me a CD of stolen drivers to go with it. Righteousness and morality took the field and I chose to download them legally from the manufacturers website. Thank the Gods.
Re:Hmmm... (Score:3, Funny)
A guy I knew in college did this and made a couple thousand on eBay before getting a seriously nasty letter from Microsoft.
Whoah I'm in the wrong business.
He made a couple of thousand on ebay and the only downside was a *letter*???
Re:BSA (Score:4, Funny)
Bull. Shit. Artists.
In. William. Shatner's. Voice.
Re:41? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I have 0% also (Score:2, Funny)
Not one single program on my computer is paid for.
Vista 64 Ult/Win7 64 Ult, Office 2007 Pro, VS 2005-2008 Std, MSSQL 2005-2008 Std-Etc.
If you can get it all for free why steal it?
And no I don't have a MSDS or other paid subscription, that would be paying for it.
Re:Two of the three letters in their name... (Score:5, Funny)
"BS Alliance" doesn't sound right to you?
Re:Hmmm... (Score:4, Funny)
Close. FA means "Friendly Article" and TFA means "The Friendly Article". RTFA means "Read The Friendly Article". RTFG
Re:Two of the three letters in their name... (Score:5, Funny)
You know who else did informal surveys? Hitl-*whack* <OW!> *thud*
Re:Two of the three letters in their name... (Score:4, Funny)