BSA doesn’t report real piracy numbers – Ehm that doesn’t count!

24 Jul 02 15:17 by in category Uncategorized



Altough the BSA tends to tell the world, the world is bad, because it pirates software all over the place, it might be that the BSA isn’t really honest.

An Australian website reports that the BSA does not count Open Source software as competition of payed software. As the BSA just does some multiplying and dividing (well that’s easy said, the exact details are here, it seems their figures aren’t really close to reality:



They did not include the spread of open-source software as a factor. It is likely that open-source software, that can be legally copied and distributed free, follows a similar trajectory to pirated copyright material – one person downloads a program and gives copies to friends. But, because open source is legal, it is often distributed on the cover CDs of popular computer magazines, accelerating its spread into business, government and homes.

Although use of open-source desktop applications may be comparatively small, its predicted increase may undermine the accuracy of future piracy surveys.

Read the entire story here. Of course it’s a given fact that there is piracy, but if you make the figures a little higher, that’s just good marketing…

Source: Theage.com.au

4 Comments on BSA doesn’t report real piracy numbers – Ehm that doesn’t count!

Travis
Posts: 42
Posted on: 24 Jul 02 16:18
Considering how fake the BSA numbers are, the factor of OpenSource is the smallest issue in inflated piracy impact. The BSA refused to admit that the majority of warez kiddies grab everything, and if they had to buy software it would be less than 1% of what they normally get. I mean am I the only person who has grabbed a piece of software only because it cost $10,000 ?
chsbiking
Posts: 543
Posted on: 24 Jul 02 20:30
Yes you are, I have never copied one piece of software that costed 10,000 lol. But I have copied way over $10,000 worth of software with multiple programs. But I have never seen $10,000. There's no way I would have ever been able to afford to buy the software I have. So if I would not have copied it, the software companies still would have gotten no money from me, because I had no money to give. And since the people I copied it from still have their copies I don't consider it stealing. I just consider it using software that I didn't, don't, and never will have enough money to buy.
Sherrif
Posts: 851
Posted on: 25 Jul 02 19:11
Confirms all our suspicions and the old adage "Lies, Big Lies and Statistics"........:7
Fishbutt
Posts: 32
Posted on: 28 Jul 02 10:03
Hey! Why don't the courts investigate the BSA for "cooking their books" like they are with the other big corporations?! heh
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BSA doesn’t report real piracy numbers – Ehm that doesn’t count!

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