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."

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[Omestes]

also very mature of u to click on google ads so they lose money.

Very mature of you to avoid having to reach for that inconvenient "shift" key, and saving all that effort of typing "y", and "o". Really "y", "o", and "u" are all withing FOUR characters of each other, the fingers almost stumble upon them like some miraculous accident. I can understand eschewing that pesky "shift" key though, you mustered the effort to hit it once, and once should always be enough. Overuse of anything can lead to problems, the "shift" key, I am sure, is no exception.

When questioning maturity, always take pains to make sure you at least appear more mature than those who you are criticizing.