Roy Schestowitz wrote:
Microsoft cracks down on UK licences
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| According to ComputerWorld, Vole has sent out a series of letters
| threatening legal action using its agents the Business
| Software Alliance (BSA).
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37281
I found this interesting:
`` The Vole is trying the scheme out in the UK first, although it is not
saying why...''
Perhaps the reason can be got from an ad I keep hearing on the radio for
Solicitors who say that their work is free when you make a claim for injury
not your fault because "the insurers of the other party pay."[1] The UK is
fast becoming like the US (in terms of personal responsibility): sue the
B****s[2] - something we could really do without; basically it's making a
fast buck.
[1] Technically, the insurers don't pay, their clients do through increased
premiums (though the ad doesn't say that it's /your/ insurers who pay if the
other party is insured by the same people; in that case the injured party is
going to notice an increase in their premiums, but based on the settlement
likely, isn't going ot be too worried); which means /I/ could be paying for
the legal expenses even though I am no party whatsoever to the injury.
[2] I help at a summer adventure camp for kids and I've spotted this in the
ways we do things - the fun and exciting (read [slightly] dangerous)
elements of the activities are being eroded by having to be "litigation
aware". Kids are being wrapped up in cotton wool and if they graze their
knee, their parents are likely to sue.
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