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Re: FWD: On using pirated software

Subject: Re: FWD: On using pirated software
From: Annamaria Profit <inteltek2 -at- earthlink -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 10:52:14 -0400

The target of any suit/prosecution would be the principal(s)/officers of the company/corporation. Company size is not an issue, but the Feds don't bother with anything under $25,000. However, a complaint will rouse the other legal dawgs. If nothing else motivates them, companies will generally avoid the PR trashing because it impacts their ability to make a profit.

At 08:48 AM 8/22/01 -0500, Tracy Boyington wrote:

SPA (don't remember what the TLA stands for, but it's an organization that cracks down on software piracy) has been running ads here lately offering a "grace period" to get your software licensed before they start breaking legs. ;-) Their ad points out that most of the reports of illegal software they receive are submitted by current and former employees. And they point out that if you *have* current and former employees, you are at risk of being reported. Since they're threatening the employers, and not the employees, I would agree with your theory that the employer is the one who would be busted.
http://www.spa.org


Of course, my impression is that if anyone got busted for the illegal
software it would be the employer, not me.

Annamaria Profit
CI Services: Business Communications for the Next Millennium
E-mail: inteltek2 -at- earthlink -dot- net
URL: http://home.earthlink.net/~inteltek2


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