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BSA Accuses OpenOffice Mirrors

Posted by michael on from the premature-exclamation dept.

sqrt529 writes "A German university was accused by the BSA of pirating MS Office, because they mirrored OpenOffice.org. The scripts from the BSA only check for "Office" in the filename and then automatically send out notices to the ftp admins. Did any of you get similar notices from the BSA?"

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  1. Sad news... Wil Wheaton dead at 30 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I just heard some sad news on CNN - star of Star Trek: The Next Generation and open-source advocate Wil Wheaton was found dead in his California home this morning . There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him -- even if you didn't enjoy his television show, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.

  2. This is a simple case of ignore by Wizri · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is a simple case of ignore.
    Look at it, think for a sec that the BS Association is a Microsoft puppet, they are probably running VB for doing the testing with some really crappy programmer doing the work (and probably very last minute) on those scripts.

    Either way the BS Association has nothing on the university.

  3. my rights online by syle · · Score: 1, Troll
    So, the someone at the BSA made a mistake with their scripts, and when it was noticed they immediately apologized and said they would fix the problem.

    What exactly should they have done if not this? If your answer is that their search engine is inherently a flawed concept to begin with, then you are arguing a different issue.

    I don't see what this has to do with my rights online.

    --

    /syle

  4. In soviet russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The BSA would have pirated OpenOffice

  5. different position! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'd put him in a different position, for starters. Preferably one involving a plunger and some vaseline.

  6. In Russia they had the KGB by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    In the 50s to the 90s: Russians feared the KGB.
    In the 21st century: America now fears the BSA, MPAA, RIAA, FBI, CIA, NSA...

    Which is better?

    In America: All your privacy belong to Goverment

  7. Re:Wow. That's stupid. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Shut the fuck up, asshole.