Calling BS On the BSA Global Piracy Report

An anonymous reader writes "The Business Software Alliance released their annual global piracy report earlier this week. In addition to the usual claims of software piracy (PDF) and the grudging acknowledgment of open source software, Michael Geist noted that the report ultimately undermined one of the BSA's core arguments — that countries which enact DMCA-style legislation experience significantly reduced piracy rates. Questions have also been raised over the BSA's methodology, as has happened in the past."

Comments

Re:My business was raided by the BSA

[MagnusE]

I have a pirated version of a linux distribution and other FOSS, I share the torrent only with you: http://www.slackware.com/torrents/slackware-12.2-install-dvd.torrent

In other news...

[Celc]

• BSA is killing at least 9 babies every day.

• 5 our of 10 RIAA employees snort crack.

• MPAA responsible for 80% of Global Warming.

In line with the BSA methodology this has all been confirmed through the use of chicken intestines, tea leaves and and an unhealthy amount of LSD.

Re:Had to laugh at ...

[CDS]

Yeah, but Australia got their criminals and the US got their religious nuts. Australia got the better deal!