BSA Claims Half of PC Users Are Pirates 585
judgecorp writes "Despite continued pressure on business users to buy legitimate software, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) reports that the campaign seems to be failing. Well over half (57%) of users surveyed in a global survey admit to using pirated software. That's a big increase from the same survey last year — when 43% admitted to using pirated software. The BSA surveyed 15,000 people in 33 countries."
Re:Underestimation? (Score:5, Funny)
And 43% of those surveyed... (Score:5, Funny)
You To Can Report Software Piracy (Score:4, Funny)
Do you know a company using illegal software? Report it now and you could be rewarded with cash!
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This clears me (Score:3, Funny)
I use a Mac!
Re:The BSA should sue the BSA (Score:5, Funny)
So in other words we should have the Boy Scouts go all WWF on the BSA?
Re:Different Approach? (Score:4, Funny)
They should continue it in order to make using their software suck even more.
I suggest "anvil-sized, spiked, parallel port dongles painted with necrotizing fasciitis" be required for every closed-source program.
WHAT'S STOPPING US? (Score:3, Funny)
C'mon! Let's get to 100% PEOPLE!
That'll be just for the attitude of those bastards. ;-)
Re:You To Can Report Software Piracy (Score:5, Funny)
OK I clicked on the link below (it said "Reply to This".)
Now what? Where is my cash reward?
Re:Underestimation? (Score:5, Funny)
Do you have any idea how many people steal Linux? It is OFF THE CHARTS how many people don't pay for it! It's an epidemic, I tell you, horrifying!
Re:Underestimation? (Score:5, Funny)
Cmon, we can do better than 57%
Now now, they surveyed 15,000 people and worked out that 170 million of them are using pirated software. So that's pretty typical anti-piracy maths.
Re:Underestimation? (Score:3, Funny)
They only download it to try it out, then uninstall it and reinstall Windows...
Re:Underestimation? (Score:3, Funny)
Can we drop this "automagically" word? It freaks me out...
It's the correct word. The installation is done by invoking a daemon.