Does the BSA reinforce the SW license holdup?

[adolfix]

I guess this type of operations carried out by the BSA in Mexico may incite final users to use open source software more and more.

 

You will find here below an abstract, I did in english for you, of the article published yesterday (6th of august 2005) by the mexican newspaper " El Universal" available in the following URL : http://estadis.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/297864.html

 

" Last month the mexican authorities (Mexican Institute of Intelectual Ownership - IMPI) with the support of the Business Software Alliance, BSA, intensified its inspection operations into firms from the automotive, construction, private education, sport, press, and real state.

These inspection operations were carried out in Mexico city and the cities at its surrounds. The inspection operations objective is to fight against the piracy of software programs. Last mont 35 firms were inspected and this inspections will be undertaken at national level in next months.

The Business Software Alliance (www.bsa.org) is the most important organization dedicated to the promotion of a digital and surely legal world. The members of the BSA in Latin America include to Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Bentley Systems, Borland, Macromedia, McAffe, Microsoft, PTC, SolidWorks, Sybase, Symantec, UGS and VERITAS Software."

[Ixthusdan]

Yes. We like to refer to that as "Big Brother" as in "Big Brother is watching you."

 

I certainly do not advocate breaking law and ignoring copyrights. But the reason behind this assult on personal privacy is not protection, but sales. Most illegal software that these companies are fighting is not the schmuck on the corner selling software from under his jacket, but is the home owner who has two computers and dares to load the same antivirus software on both! You're supposed to buy multiple copies. If the offense is so rampant, perhaps the business model is wrong.