Apr 4 2003

Reward for turning in software pirates

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A software industry association yesterday tripled its top reward for turning in software pirates. From now until the end of May, the Business Software Alliance (BSA), which includes Microsoft Corp and Norton Antivirus developer Symantec Corp, is offering NT$880,000 to anyone who offers information on factories making illegal copies of its members’ software. Previously the top reward was NT$300,000.

The article goes on to explain how much money is lost to software piracy in other parts of the world, and stories about past raids

You can find the full article here.

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