By Nick Heath
Published: Thursday 07 February 2008
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Richard Davies
Location
North Yorkshire
Occupation
IT Manager
Comment
I accept that software piracy is a problem, but I think that the BSA and its approach needs looking at.
I am a member of FAST (Federation Against Software Theft) and would like nothing more than to go in and audit the BSA themselves.
One thing that I would advise people is that unless you get a letter from the BSA's solicitors, then simply ignore them and do not give them a breakdown of your software etc. as they will use this against you.
In my opinion FAST is the better option if you want to make sure your company is not using pirated software as these guys really are out to help those who don't set out to abuse software licensing.
What trite is this? Certainly not the high standar...
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