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How the BSA Squeezes the Little Guys

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the theres-yer-problem-right-here dept.

netbuzz writes "Actually, 90% of the Business Software Alliance's revenue is squeezed from small businesses accused of using unlicensed software. A lawyer who represents some of them says his clients often suspect that it was the IT guy who just left — and was responsible for maintaining the licenses — who ratted them out for a big BSA reward."

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  1. Re:Sure, blame the IT guy by king-manic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The exception that proves the rule, I guess. That phrase always bugged me. Logically the exception weakens the rule. With enough exceptions the rule becomes meaningless. So how exactly does the exception prove the rule? It's a very odd phrase.
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  2. Re:Sure, blame the IT guy by Lost+Race · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The possibility of an exception proves the existence of a rule to be excepted. At least, that's the legal meaning. In most other contexts it makes little sense.

  3. Re:Sure, blame the IT guy by $rtbl_this · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A rare exception makes the fact that there's a rule more obvious. Without it, you may not even notice that there's a pattern there.

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