“…The annual software piracy statistics – published by trade groups the US Business Software Alliance (BSA) and Business Software Association of Australia (BSAA) – are compiled from several sources but none take into account the growing use of open-source desktop applications. The figures are potent weapons in a public relations war to chide users into registering software, lobby governments for stricter enforcement of intellectual property laws and to justify harsher legal penalties…”
Click here to read the full story from The Age.
In a somewhat topically related story at Geek.com, read “Pakistan goes Open Source, cuts piracy.”
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