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A Look Inside the BSA

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the good-old-boys-or-eye-of-sauron dept.

die_jack_die writes: "SFGate is running this article about the Business Software Alliance. I'm sure the BSA loves when they get scary stories of their tactics into the press, but this piece does quote the EFF's Fred Von Lohman making the point that companies who don't want to deal with the BSA can always use Open Source software. Most telling quote: 'every cent of those massive settlements stays within the BSA -- member software organizations receive only the licensing fees.'"

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  1. Re:Or, vice-versa... by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 2, Flamebait
    Aside from the fact that we had to spend money to prove we were good, there is the fundamental constitutional issue. In a US court of law, the burden is on the accuser to prove our guilt. I hate that the BSA's strong-arm tactics have cowed not just companies, but the US citizens working at those companies, who apparently don't understand their own rights. The burden of proof should be on the accuser.
    Since when does the Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution apply to croporations?

    You yankees are so much suckers to the idea that the State is bad simply forgot to take constitutional and legal safeguards against abuse by nongovernmemental entities.

    You only get what you deserve.