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BSA Offering Rewards of $50,000 for the First Time in the USA
The BSA (not the Boy Scotts of America) has a simple way for you to report someone you know. The nice thing about this is that the BSA can invade your privacy if it has "a belief" that you violated one of their members copyrights. Thank you GWB for setting free a monopolist on the America people. We especially like the rule that an offender has to pay the BSA's legal fees as they accumulate from Day 1 if you fight them in court. That's fair and will cause people to fight back in court. Did someone say "tort reform"? Here's howto do this. First, you must click on this link. Then you chose who to report. You get three choices: 1) END-USER 2) DISTRIBUTOR or 3) INTERNET. You can easily find this form because they advertise it through our good friend's advertising system. (This link is not for a google ad). This is a solid way to earn that new car you've been wanting. Recently, BSA released this report: Portland-Area Organizations Settle with Software Watchdog. The article discusses the apprehension of vicious people who were not incompliance. In additional the article states: We wanted to bring your attention to this since the BSA has managed to target LXer in its advertising. If you're going to ruin someone's life, here's an opportunity to do it without having to do it from the LXer Linux News site. |
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Comments (16)
Will usually be $5k, or nothing
If the settlement is less than $150k, you only get a $5k reward. All the BSA settlements I've read about are roughly $100k. You only get $50k if the settlement exceeds $1 million. If they don't pursue the case, or they lose, or the settlement is under $15k, you get nothing.
There you have it!
dfinch: except the satisfaction of having distracted and possibly annoyed the hell out of your opponents, whom you dobbed in.
CIO's please take a look.
I just hope all the CIO's are taking a hard long look at this and really think about open source and the value it brings to your organization.
Just think of the time you save not keeping track of licenses much the license itself.
I only use open source software in my life - work gives me a laptop with xp on it but it is basically useless except for the morons on the intranet that use unix web servers to put up internet explorer only web pages. If that isn't retarded I don't know what is.
People really need to start pushing open formats like ogg and odf. Aren't the consumers just tired of paying three or four times for mp3 patents just to play one song. That is just BS.
I am all for BSA cracking down on pirates - I think it will push more people/organizations toward open source and really see the benefits.
Just think of the time you save not keeping track of licenses much the license itself.
I only use open source software in my life - work gives me a laptop with xp on it but it is basically useless except for the morons on the intranet that use unix web servers to put up internet explorer only web pages. If that isn't retarded I don't know what is.
People really need to start pushing open formats like ogg and odf. Aren't the consumers just tired of paying three or four times for mp3 patents just to play one song. That is just BS.
I am all for BSA cracking down on pirates - I think it will push more people/organizations toward open source and really see the benefits.
In some cases people will be badly stung by the inadequacy of the current laws, and consequently much more willing to see them changed.
This is not necessarily a good thing. The new laws might have nastier hooks in them than the old.
This is not necessarily a good thing. The new laws might have nastier hooks in them than the old.
Hooray BSA!
I'd like to officially nominate the BSA for the 'Open Source Promoters of the Year' award. If there is no such award, we should make one up on the spot!
Make sure any management types you come in contact with see this article. Also, please let them know that every open source piece of software like Apache, or Linux, or Perl, or BSD is licensed for their use, and they are allowed to even make copies!
Help the BSA end software piracy, switch to Free and Open Source Software today.
Thank you, thank you BSD! You really do like us!
Make sure any management types you come in contact with see this article. Also, please let them know that every open source piece of software like Apache, or Linux, or Perl, or BSD is licensed for their use, and they are allowed to even make copies!
Help the BSA end software piracy, switch to Free and Open Source Software today.
Thank you, thank you BSD! You really do like us!
Quoting:I'd like to officially nominate the BSA for the 'Open Source Promoters of the Year' award ...I would like to second your nomination, however, inherent skepticism hinders my being so optimistic that the herd when pushed behaves rationally. In particular corporate management types. Too often ignorant, stupid statements spouted with confidence and at high volume makes the better impression with many of these individuals (sheep).
When fear is in charge and ignorance rules the only option many (if not most) will see is to obey: "Pay UP Line Here".
All I can say is that if a software audit comes my way, I know I have licenses for my software.
Stress this point with the management.
Yes, we are licensed to use it. Here is the license. Yes, we are licensed to copy it. Here is the license. Yes, we are licensed to alter it. Here is the license. Yes, we are licensed to distribute it. Here is the license.
Stress this point with the management.
Yes, we are licensed to use it. Here is the license. Yes, we are licensed to copy it. Here is the license. Yes, we are licensed to alter it. Here is the license. Yes, we are licensed to distribute it. Here is the license.
Theme song from "the Producers"
Two productions of this movie exist. Last years has this tag line:
Bringing the Tony-Award Winning musical back to the big screen -The Producers tells the story of a down on his luck producer (Lane) and his accountant (Broderick) and their get rich quick plan.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395251/
The original produced in 1968 starred Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. It was famous for the song "Springtime with Hitler".
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063462/
If you don't know the story line - read up. One of the all time funniest movies. But not popular with survivors.
Bringing the Tony-Award Winning musical back to the big screen -The Producers tells the story of a down on his luck producer (Lane) and his accountant (Broderick) and their get rich quick plan.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395251/
The original produced in 1968 starred Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. It was famous for the song "Springtime with Hitler".
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063462/
If you don't know the story line - read up. One of the all time funniest movies. But not popular with survivors.
Actually, I understand that the play recently opened in Israel to rave reviews... very popular.
BSA also 'communists of the year'
When reading about turning in people (including your neighbours and friends), the first thing that comes to my mind is Stalin. More Russians than Jews died in WOII, and a lot of the Russians were not killed by the German, but by their own Communistic governments. You couldn't even trust your neighbours and friends at that time.
So, thereby, we could also say the BSA are the communists of the year!
BTW I don't say communism is bad, but in this way, it is, and I remember MS people calling Linux 'communistic', but as you see, they are far more communistic themselves.
BTW I don't say communism is bad, but in this way, it is, and I remember MS people calling Linux 'communistic', but as you see, they are far more communistic themselves.
BSA Offering Rewards
Isn't this great? You could turn someone in just because you don't like them.
If, for no other reason than the threat of being sued by the BSA, you were considering a switch to a completely open source stack, now is the time.
Wouldn't Richard M. Stallman have a field day with this one? The BSA would claim that Mr. Stallman is a "communist", and he would claim that the BSA are "fascist".
If, for no other reason than the threat of being sued by the BSA, you were considering a switch to a completely open source stack, now is the time.
Wouldn't Richard M. Stallman have a field day with this one? The BSA would claim that Mr. Stallman is a "communist", and he would claim that the BSA are "fascist".
The interesting thing about your comment: It happens. If someone says you were doing something, you get contacted and then they want to audit you.
The BSA web site in question is one of the lamest, blandest, most hopelessly corporate pieces of schlock I've seen in a long time. A generic, committee-selected "diverse" person of some not-white ethnicity with text that's so mealy-mouthed, weasel worded and careful as to be devoid of meaning.
It reminded me instantly of the "Important" "Warning" on the back of happy meal toys: "This toy may contain parts unsuitable for children less than 3 years of age." Oh, yeah, wait: aren't you the place where the coffee might be hot, too?
The BSA will problem implode from the weight of its own navel-gazing, ponderous lawyerousity.
It reminded me instantly of the "Important" "Warning" on the back of happy meal toys: "This toy may contain parts unsuitable for children less than 3 years of age." Oh, yeah, wait: aren't you the place where the coffee might be hot, too?
The BSA will problem implode from the weight of its own navel-gazing, ponderous lawyerousity.
phsolide,
maybe everyone should call their hotline and report the BSA to the BSA.
Or could that lead start a chain reaction that ends up in the entire Solar Sytem being sucked into a black hole?
;-)
maybe everyone should call their hotline and report the BSA to the BSA.
Or could that lead start a chain reaction that ends up in the entire Solar Sytem being sucked into a black hole?
;-)
I think we're already in one.
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