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12 Companies Caught Stealing Software in 2007

buzzardsbay writes "Already forgotten Major League Baseball's Mitchell Report? Here's another kind of 'cheaters' list that folks will want to avoid. Baseline Magazine has compiled the top 12 companies fined by the Business Software Alliance last year for not playing by the rules of asset management. According to the report, many of the BSA's busts are made possible through a BSA Reward Program, which offers up to $1 million to individuals who report offending companies."

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  1. Re:Open Source babe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    yeah, that's why you posted anon. and how much software does a pizza delivery boy really need anyway?

  2. And in other news... by ExE122 · · Score: 3, Funny
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    Capitalism: When it uses the carrot, it's called democracy. When it uses the stick, it's called fascism.
  3. Re:Reward Money not that Great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "I don't care how your lawyer wants to phrase it, but if someone sells X for Y dollars and you just take it and keep your money and ignore the law, then you are a thief, you can dress it up all you like."

    Lucky me then, I'm not a thief: rest assure Microsoft didn't tried to sell *the* copy of Windows XP I got at any price (they sell their own copies; I got mine through a different channel -I think that's pure capitalism in action, you know, free market... Microsoft sells their copies of Windows XP, Good Joe's sells their own and I buy the one that best fits my interests).