Wednesday | 3 December, 2008

Stories about: Business Software Association of Australia

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    Dob in a software pirate, earn $10K: BSAA 03/10/2006 14:41:41

    The Business Software Association of Australia (BSAA) has doubled the potential reward for people who report the use of pirated software within Australian businesses from $5000 to $10,000.
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    Software piracy still a concern for SMBs 21/02/2006 13:49:40

    An increasing awareness of rogue software on the network, along with security concerns, has helped to decrease the amount of piracy occurring across large organisations, the Business Software Association of Australia (BSAA) has reported. But up to 50 per cent of SMBs are still oblivious to what's being downloaded in the office.
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    Piracy rife with IT managers oblivious to desktop activity 11/07/2005 12:12:41

    Software piracy is rife in Australian organisations with IT managers oblivious to what activities really take place on users' desktops.
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    Study shows Australia's software piracy rate remains higher than the US 19/05/2005 08:30:00

    Australia's rate of software piracy continues to remain high relative to other developed countries and shows no sign of falling.
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    Legal loophole closes for copyright breaches 06/04/2005 08:18:33

    The Business Software Association of Australia (BSAA) has a dire warning for enterprise users in Australia. License your software, or spend a whole lot of time and money in court explaining why.
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    Unwitting pirate makes a public confession 01/09/2004 10:20:05

    The Business Software Association of Australia (BSAA) this week staged a public confessional of piracy putting on parade a company that had been caught in the act of using illegal software.
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    St George endorses licensing open source software 24/06/2004 13:39:56

    Purchasing open source software provided by commercial companies is a good thing and installing it on more systems to reduce licensing costs is unethical, according to St George Bank’s chief manager of open systems Michael Page.
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    Industry urges government to address conterfeit conundrum 26/11/2003 12:00:01

    Australia leads the pack in the proliferation of business software piracy - ahead of the US, Canada and the UK – highlighting the need to push for strong copyright enforcement legislation, according to the chairman of the Business Software Association of Australia (BSAA), Jim Macnamara.
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    Feds review impact of copyright and cracker technology 24/04/2003 08:37:35

    Anyone noticing an unseasonal hive of copyright compliance and antipiracy activity may perhaps take solace in a statement that discreetly eeked its way out of the Attorney General's Office on April Fools' Day.
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    Software pirates not even charged 17/09/2001 12:46:52

    "So what if it's pirated? You don't have a right to be in here unless you have a warrant." That was the reaction from a man selling more than 250 illegally copied games titles from a shop front in the Sydney CBD when confronted by distributor Take 2 Interactive Software.
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    Illegal software truce expires 03/07/2001 08:00:11

    More than 100 companies now face investigation for alleged software piracy after failing to register and take advantage of the Business Software Association of Australia (BSAA) 60-day software truce, which has now expired.
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